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Washington State University
—WSU is a top research university dedicated to solving problems and improving lives
- 6 campuses
- 11 academic colleges
- Extension offices in all 39 Washington counties and on the Colville Reservation
- 4 research and extension centers
What’s Happening At WSU
Institute for Shock Physics receives a $32.5 million award
The renewal agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy will advance dynamic compression science and train the next generation of scientists
College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences’ new name reflects all programs
While the College of Education’s name has changed, each of the three programs has had a transformative legacy, some dating back more than a century
WSU’s veterinary rehab is a service to the wild world
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s Exotics and Wildlife Department expects to treat about 1,000 wildlife patients this year
The WSU Difference

35%
students who are first in their family to attend college
WSU students get the tools and support they need to succeed in hundreds of majors and degree programs, research opportunities, fieldwork, internships, and study-abroad programs
Health, clean energy, food production, economic opportunity, security—research advances made by WSU scientists raise quality of life worldwide
$379 million
annual research funding, fy 2023

284,590 hours
civic engagement by WSU student and WSU Extension volunteers (2022)
WSU boosts Washington state’s economy by billions of dollars a year and WSU researchers create jobs when they bring their innovations to market
