Skip to main content
Five students sitting out on the campus green

South Dakota State University

You Belong Here

Here's your chance to experience SDSU. Take the opportunity to make connections, follow your career path, to try something new. With nearly 200 program offerings, 240+ unique student organizations, daily campus events, community outreach, innovative research, performing arts and Division I athletics, there's a place for everyone at SDSU.

Student Resources:

Student eating an icecream cone at the Dairy Bar while working on homework

Visit Campus

Come meet the people that will help shape your future and define your college experience!

Visit SDSU
Track and Field Student Athlete involved in the College Tour

The College Tour

SDSU is featured in season four of The College Tour. The 30-minute episode, hosted by reality TV star Alex Boylan, showcases what life is like at SDState through the eyes of Jackrabbits.

Watch the episode
Healthcare student in a healthcare lab setting

Awards & Rankings

Numerous entities rank SDSU’s colleges and academic programs among the nation’s best.

View our rankings
SDSU student bowling at the bowling alley

Student Life

Maximize your Jackrabbit experience by engaging with new people, joining a club, attending events and getting involved in the community. There is so much that our SDSU community has to offer.

Explore student life
Students studying at tables in the Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center

The Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center

The Opportunity Center embraces SDSU’s land-grant mission by supporting educational access for all students.

Center information
AISC Early Orientation

American Indian Opportunities

SDSU seeks to create a welcoming and supportive campus environment for American Indian students through a variety of academic programs, scholarships, student services and initiatives.

Find out more

University News

See All University News
Logo Design for Wokini Initiative, A New Beginning, South Dakota State University

LaPlante named associate VP for Wokini Initiative

J.R. LaPlante has been named associate vice president for the Wokini Initiative at South Dakota State University, SDSU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis Hedge announced Thursday, May 25.

Child and Family Resource Network to hold parenting classes in Brookings, Watertown in June

The Child and Family Resource Network at South Dakota State University will hold four parenting classes during the month of June to focus on helping parents discover what their children’s behaviors could mean.
River otters

Restoring the river otter

In the late 1990s, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe reintroduced approximately 35 river otters into the Big Sioux River. Otters, which at one time could be found throughout the Upper Midwest, had become nearly extinct in South Dakota due to habitat loss, pollution and unregulated harvest. ...

SDSU announces "Healthy Decision-Making" art contest winners

Strengthening the Heartland, a program created by South Dakota State University Extension and North Dakota State University Extension to invest in the wellness and prosperity of rural communities across the Dakotas, has announced the winners of its inaugural "Healthy Decision-Making" art contest.