Southwest Minnesota State University is a four-year public university offering a high quality education in the liberal arts and professions to prepare you for a life that is successful both personally and professionally. SMSU has grown into a university of choice with high national rankings, producing scholars who become the leaders, thinkers and entrepreneurs of the future. Students and faculty alike come here to engage in the rich "Southwest Experience," which starts with strong academics, fulfilling social opportunities and support from fellow Mustangs. We invite you to visit SMSU and to experience for yourself all that it has to offer.

SMSU was founded in 1963 and is the newest of the four-year institutions within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)system.

SMSU welcomes and respects students of all faiths, backgrounds, and cultures. Southwest enrolls approximately 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students.

Southwest Minnesota State University is located in Marshall, Minnesota, a friendly, growing community of 13,000 has been named one of America's best small cities. Marshall is the perfect location. SMSU isn't too close or too far from home.

About 236 full and part-time faculty teach all of your classes at Southwest Minnesota State. You won't find teaching assistants teaching your classes. The student-faculty ratio is 23:1.