South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University (SDSU) is a public educational institute founded in 1881 and located in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. It is affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, South Dakota Board of Regents, National Athletic Association, and Association of Public and Land. The university operates in the education, higher education, and university industries, with its motto being "You can go anywhere from here".

SDSU holds various accreditations, including those from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, Higher Learning Commission, Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, and Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET. Additional accreditations include those from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education, and Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET.

The university has been granted 9 patents and has two subsidiaries: South Dakota State University Innovation Campus and South Dakota State University Foundation.