Portland State

Portland State University

Former names	Vanport Extension Center (1946) Portland State College (1955)
Motto	Doctrina urbi serviat (Latin)
Motto in English	Let knowledge serve the city
Type	Public
Established	1946
Endowment	$58.4 million (2016)
President	Wim Wiewel
Vice-president	Sona Karentz Andrews
Academic staff	1,764
Administrative staff	678
Students	28,241
Undergraduates	22,613
Postgraduates	5,628
Location	Portland, Oregon, U.S. 45°30′46″N 122°41′07″W / 45.51278°N 122.68528°W / 45.51278; -122.68528Coordinates: 45°30′46″N 122°41′07″W / 45.51278°N 122.68528°W / 45.51278; -122.68528
Campus	Urban, 50 acres (20 ha)
Colors	Green      and White
Athletics	NCAA Division I Big Sky Conference
Sports	15 varsity teams
Nickname	Vikings
Mascot	Victor E. Viking
Affiliations	APLU Urban 13/GCU CUMU
Website	www.pdx.edu

Portland State University (PSU) is a public, nonprofit, coeducational research university located in the southwest University District of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades, and was granted university status in 1969. It is the only public urban university in the state of Oregon that is located in a major metropolitan city, and is governed by a board of trustees.

Portland State is composed of seven constituent colleges, offering undergraduate degrees in one hundred twenty-three fields, and postgraduate degrees in one hundred seventeen fields. Schools at Portland State include the School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Education, School of Social Work, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The athletic teams are known as the Portland State Vikings with school colors of green and white. Teams compete at the NCAA Division I Level, primarily in the Big Sky Conference.

The university was ranked among the top fifteen percentile of American universities in The Best 376 Colleges by The Princeton Review in 2012 for undergraduate education, and its graduate programs in Health Care Management, Social Work, Public Affairs, and Rehabilitation Counseling were ranked among the top 50 in the United States by the U.S. News and World Report in 2016. Portland State has community partnerships with Intel, Oregon Health & Science University, the Portland Public School system, the City of Portland, and Portland General Electric. The university has been nationally recognized for its unique University Studies curriculum, which culminates in a community-based senior capstone project which all undergraduates are required to complete for graduation. In 2016, the university was ranked by Niche as one of the most liberal universities in the United States.