It's Time to Think Bigger and Bolder

The Urban Plaza is a busy hub in the heart of campus, where you can grab coffee in a cafe, take a break by a fountain, catch a streetcar or check out activities in the Student Rec Center. 

PSU’s nine residence halls offer a range of housing options, from traditional dorm rooms to apartments. Living on campus gives you easy access to all the social, career and academic opportunities on campus and beyond.

Perusing the shelves at Powell's Books, just a short streetcar ride away from campus.

A Pickathon Music Festival stage built out of recycle materials by PSU architecture  and urban studies students.

The Karl Miller Center’s all-glass atrium is five stories high and home to The School of Business. The new modern space is full of places to study, hang out with classmates, or connect with Portland’s business leaders. 

You can cheer on the Viking basketball and volleyball teams in the Viking Pavilion, PSU’s newly renovated 3,000-seat arena. It also has a new weight room, academic center, classrooms and student lounges. 

With 15 division I sports teams and over 200 students clubs, there's always something to join or do.

Portland State’s Comics Studies Program teaches you to write, draw and publish comics. The PSU Library is also home to a complete collection of Dark Horse Comics, a company founded by a PSU alum Mike Richardson.

100% of students do an internship or community-based project.