Louisiana State University is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926 and consists of more than 250 buildings const…
Louisiana State University is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926 and consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, occupying a 650-acre plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Established: Error: All values must be integers
President: William F. Tate IV
Former names: Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana (1853–1861) · Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College (1874–1877) · University of Louisiana (1913–1921) · Louisiana State University (1860–1913; 1922–1963)
Parent institution: Louisiana State University System
Accreditation: SACS
Academic affiliations: URA · ORAU · sea-grant · space-grant
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