Approved by the Board of Trustees - October 11, 2019
Approved by SC Commission on Higher Education – December 5, 2019
Next Board of Trustees Scheduled Review - October 2023
The primary mission of the University of South Carolina System is the education of
the state's diverse citizens
through teaching, research, creative activity, and community engagement. This public
university system
serves students from its flagship Columbia campus, three comprehensive universities
(Aiken, Beaufort,
and Upstate), and four regional Palmetto College campuses (Lancaster, Salkehatchie,
Sumter, and Union).
The University of South Carolina System offers degree programs at the associate’s, bachelor’s,
master’s,
and doctoral levels. Through classroom and laboratory instruction delivered in a variety
of face-to-face
and distance learning formats and modalities, degree programs are offered in the following
areas:
arts and sciences; business; education; engineering and computing; hospitality, retail,
and sport management;
information and communications; law; medicine; music; nursing; pharmacy; public health;
and social
work.
With a flagship campus recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a top research and community
engaged
institution and nationally ranked in start-up businesses, and an eight-campus system
that confers
nearly 40% of all bachelor’s and graduate degrees awarded at public institutions in
South Carolina,
the university has a profound relevance, reach, and impact on the people of the state.
The University
of South Carolina System provides all students with the highest-quality education,
including the
knowledge, skills, and values necessary for success and responsible citizenship in
a complex and
changing world through engagement in nationally and internationally ranked research, scholarship,
service, and artistic creation.