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Oregon State University – Cascades is OSU's campus in Bend. Get the personal attention of a small campus. The strengths of Oregon's leading public research university. And a campus surrounded by 2.5 million acres of national forests and public lands.
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It's your time. To discover your passion. To find a future that inspires you.
Our faculty are teachers, mentors and world-class researchers. They will guide you, challenge you and inspire you to be the best version of yourself — so you're ready to take on some of the world's biggest challenges.
Oregon State University was founded more than 150 years ago as a land grant institution, building on the idea that everybody deserves access to education. When it opened in 2016, the OSU-Cascades campus fulfilled a 30-year quest for higher education in what had been the largest region in the state without a four-year university. We are growing for Central Oregon and beyond.
Your adventure starts in Bend
Schedule a personalized tour, check out our award-winning student housing and have lunch at the Beaver Dam. In-person tours are available Monday through Friday, or go on a virtual tour.
News & Events
Peter Richardson, a journalist and author of books about Hunter S. Thompson and the Grateful Dead will speak at OSU-Cascades on May 13 about his latest book, “Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine.” The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Award-winning novelist and essayist Carter Sickels will read on May 14 as part of the MFA in Writing program’s Distinguished Visiting Writer series. Sickels wrote the novel “The Prettiest Star,” for which he was awarded the 2021 Southern Book Prize. It was selected as the Best LGBT Book of 2020 by O Magazine.
The Oregon State Legislature has approved $42 million in state-backed bonds to support construction of a student health and recreation center at Oregon State University – Cascades, marking a milestone in the campus’s development.