About Lake Superior State University

Lake Superior State University (colloquially Lake State, Lake Superior State, Soo Tech, and LSSU) is a public academic world in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is Michigan’s smallest public university, with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. Due to its proximity to the Canadian border, and the twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, LSSU has many Canadian students and maintains a near relationship in the circulate of its international neighbor. In a sign of its unique situation, LSSU has the Canadian and United States flags on its campus.

LSSU is known for its academic programs such as fisheries and wildlife management, engineering, chemistry and the environmental sciences, teacher education, nursing, geology, business management, fire science, and criminal justice. Students attend also take degrees in English and creative writing, forensic sciences, recreation management, and valid studies. It is one of the two universities in Michigan that offers an environmental health accredited curriculum (EHAC), along next Central Michigan University. Lake Superior State University offers primarily bachelor’s and join degrees, but then grants a master of arts in curriculum and guidance and many certificates. The university also offers joint programs subsequently Sault College and Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. LSSU has regional centers in northern Michigan in the cities of Gaylord, Escanaba, Petoskey and St. Helen. Recently a center opened in southeast Michigan in the city of Dearborn. It is one of three Michigan public universities that is a academe and a community college.