Southern Oregon University

With a campus of over 6,100 students and a culture of engaged faculty, Southern Oregon University supports strong, meaningful connections and emphasizes inclusion and sustainability. SOU strives to guide all learners to become knowledgeable and innovative, creating lives of purpose.

Southern Oregon University will become an inclusive, sustainable university for the future that guides all learners to develop the knowledge, capacities, and audacity to innovate boldly and create lives of purpose.

Southern Oregon University is a regionally-engaged learning community committed to being the educational provider of choice for learners throughout their lives.

• We inspire curiosity and creativity, compel critical thinking, foster discovery, and cultivate bold ideas and actions.
• We achieve student success, professional preparation, and civic engagement through service excellence, evolving technologies, and innovative curriculum.
• We foster access, equity, inclusion and diversity in thought and practice.
• We prepare our learners to be responsible, engaged citizens in our democracy.
• We promote economic vitality, sustainability, cultural enrichment, and social well-being in our region, the state, the nation, and the world.

At Southern Oregon University, admissions decisions are based on a holistic review of all applicant information, both academic and personal. Our rolling admissions policy allows students to apply anytime throughout the year.

SOU provides a career-focused and comprehensive undergraduate experience in 36 areas of study. Pre-professional tracks of one to four years are available in specific areas, as well as master’s degree programs in 13 specialties.

First-year and transfer students accepted to SOU may qualify for merit-based, need-based, or departmental scholarships. Residents of participating states automatically receive the Western Undergraduate Exchange tuition rate.

In addition, students may be eligible for loans or grants through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The support staff and admissions counselors at Southern Oregon University are dedicated to making your transition to SOU easy. We are here to help incoming transfer students with the evaluation of transfer courses, SOU admissions requirements, and articulation agreements between SOU and partnering Colleges.

Southern Oregon University is committed to providing students with access to high-quality educational experiences using online delivery tools.

Faculty are supported in the design, development, and delivery of online courses by the Center for Instructional Support. The Center also provides workshops and training materials to ensure faculty and students are successful in teaching and learning online.

Southern Oregon University is an inclusive campus environment. Disability Resources is here to ensure equal access for students with disabilities to all of SOU's great classes and programs. We provide academic accommodations for students with documented disabilities and information and resources for all segments of SOU.

The strength of curricular and co-curricular experiences depends upon a campus community rich with diversity of ethnicity, race, gender and gender identity, size, nationality, age, language, religious affiliation, socioeconomic background, disability, and political affiliation. Without this diversity, the educational process is diminished. The appreciation of difference requires all members of this academic community to seek knowledge and understanding through their own unique lenses as well as to recognize the perspectives and needs of others.