Mississippi State University

Ranked among the National Science Foundations's Top 100 research universities, Mississippi State University equips students with the knowledge and confidence to see beyond the challenges and creates the future.  A public, land-grant university, Mississippi State's mission is to provide access and opportunity to all students and to offer excellent programs of teaching, research, and service.  With a record enrollment of more than 22,000, MSU not only is the top choice for Mississippi students, but also is home to a campus popultion that includes representation from 49 state, Washington DC, the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico, and 84 countries.  In addition to a comprehensive array of educatoinal options, MSU offers opportunities for students to lead in the classroom, on campus and in the community.  Recognized by the Carnigie Foundation as an R1-Very High Research activity doctoral university, MSU is confronting global challenges head-on. Through leadership in domestic and international research consortiums, MSU is spearheading advancements in unmanned  aerial systems, enhancing aquaculture to eradicate global hunger and developing inproved curriuclua and training for the next geration of scientists and engineers.  MSU reesarchers are buiding crime-fighting robots, advaincing off-road self-driving technology, and strenthening the blue economy via reseach on seafood safety and new product innovation.  They are also helping restore life-sustaining marshlands along the Gulf Coast, partnering with NASA on future space exploration and pioneering antidotes to defeat hamful nerve agents and save lives.  Additonaly, MSU houses one of the world's fastest academic supercompeter sytems, providing a powerful engine that accelerates research efforts.  By launching an online archive of approximately five decades of agricultural seed technology research, MSU is ushering in a new era of open data and information sharing that will play in important role in improved gloabal helath, saftey and food security.  In fact, the Nainol Science Foundation ranks MSU in the nation's top 5% for agriculture and natural resources-a positoin it has held for over two decades. In the realm of health care and medicine, MSU researchers are studying machine-learning techniqes to predict heart disease and using virtual reality to improve communication skills in children with autism.   

Last Updated: 2021-11-05