Southern University

Southern University and
A&M College

Former names	Southern University for Colored Students (1880–1890)
Type	Public flagship land-grant historically black land-grant university
Established	April 10, 1880; 144 years ago (1880-04-10)
Parent institution	SU System
Accreditation	SACS
Academic affiliations	ORAU TMSF Space-grant
Endowment	$9.4 million (2018)[1]
Vice-Chancellor	James H. Ammons
President-Chancellor	Dennis Shields
Administrative staff	1,600
Students	8,226 (Fall 2022)[2]
Undergraduates	6,470 (fall 2022)
Postgraduates	1,756 (fall 2022)
Location	Baton Rouge , Louisiana , United States 30°31′29″N 91°11′24″W / 30.524674°N 91.190034°W / 30.524674; -91.190034
Campus	Urban; 512 acres (207 ha)
Newspaper	The Southern Digest [3]
Colors	Columbia Blue and Gold[4]
Nickname	Jaguars & Lady Jaguars
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FCS – SWAC
Website	www.subr.edu

Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the flagship institution of the Southern University System. Its campus encompasses 512 acres, with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre site, five miles north of the main campus on Scott's Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of Baton Rouge.

Southern University's 13 intercollegiate athletics teams are known as the Jaguars, and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in NCAA Division I. The Human Jukebox is a well known collegiate marching band that has been representing Southern University since 1947.