Schools and Colleges

Join Portland’s largest creative community, a vibrant hub energized by innovation and bold expression in architecture, art, design, music, theater and film. Working with 125+ teaching faculty, you’ll build skills through collaborations with top creative organizations, address social issues and create a successful career in the arts.

Master the skills to teach and counsel others while creating a more equitable and inclusive world in Oregon’s most comprehensive school of education. Our 40+ programs provide the tools, expertise, and flexible scheduling you'll need to better your community in your chosen field. Discover your potential to be exponential.

Explore important questions facing humanity and nurture your passion for research and discovery in PSU's largest and most diverse college. Working with world-class faculty and engaged community partners, you'll master your discipline in one of our 100+ programs, all while developing the skills to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Learn to be an effective leader, collaborator and problem-solver in high quality academic and professional programs that span urban planning, governance, public administration, economics and international studies. You’ll learn to enact change while fostering equity in urban life and contributing to a more just future.

Portland State's Graduate School is among the nation’s top schools for graduate studies in urban policy, public affairs, counseling, social work, healthcare management and business, to name a few. Our urban campus takes you beyond the classroom with internships, research labs and field studies to help you achieve your career goals.

Launch your career in engineering and computer science in collaboration with world-class professors working on real-world problems. Our ties to industry give you professional skills through internships, research, competitions and opportunities to develop your own ideas from proposal to prototype. 

Two of Oregon’s leading universities, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, have joined forces to prepare you for a rewarding career in public health. You will work with top leaders in the field to find enduring and sustainable solutions to today’s public health problems and tomorrow’s new challenges.

Prepare for a career in social services or early childhood education and address the problems and issues that affect our community at its core, including homelessness, addiction, mental illness, poverty and child abuse. You will gain knowledge and skills to promote social, racial and economic justice, empowering yourself and others.

The School of Business is shaping the future of business through inclusive, transformative learning and meaningful research. With world-class faculty and deep connections with regional industry partners, you’ll join an expansive network of today’s innovators and tomorrow’s leaders.

Challenge yourself with an academically intense curriculum in a tight community of highly motivated students and engaged professors in a small liberal arts college atmosphere. You’ll take on the city’s most pressing issues and find solutions together.