About Us

BSU - A Great Place to Be -You!

From its wooded, lakeside campus in northern Minnesota, Bemidji State University (BSU) offers arts, sciences and select professional programs in a personally engaging learning atmosphere focused on the environment, communities and the global family. The hometown feel of campus and the surrounding area welcomes over 5,000 students each year.

BSU is a top-tier Midwest university, according to U.S. News and World Report. It's easy to see why. The liberal arts and career readiness are at the heart of BSU's academic focus. Undergraduate students may choose from over 50 majors and pre-professional programs-many of them customizable through an emphasis area, concentration or specialization. Online and hybrid undergraduate options are also available in accounting, education, business administration, psychology, criminal justice, technology management, applied engineering and nursing. Among the graduate studies offerings are online programs in education, special education and industrial technology.

At BSU, faculty members are first and foremost teachers, interacting directly and frequently with students in and out of the classroom. Most of them have reached the highest degree level possible in their fields; many conduct research to further their discipline's knowledge base. These experts are mentors and guides, often becoming colleagues and friends of those they once taught.