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At Southern Miss, the college experience is much more than just going to class and earning a degree. It's about top-flight educational experiences where ambitious students and exceptional faculty members collaborate to discover possibilities in a friendly environment that feels like home.

Recognized as a RU/H: Research University by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, Southern Miss offers 94 undergraduate and 92 graduate degree programs to students through the Colleges of Arts and Letters, Business, Education and Psychology, Health and Science and Technology. Faculty members who are outstanding scholars, world-class researchers and creative artists are committed to creating a stimulating environment of discovery and success.

Southern Miss is enriched by the diverse perspectives of 16,000 students and faculty from all 50 states and over 70 countries. Across the university, faculty and students alike are conducting relevant research that addresses challenges affecting the environment, education, health and security. Taking an industry view of research, the university encourages entrepreneurial thinking and nurtures the transfer of knowledge into the marketplace.

As the premier research university of the Gulf South, Southern Miss opened The Accelerator to act as a launchpad for new technology and research developed at Southern Miss.  Southern Miss's industrial partners also benefit from The Accelerator's resources and expertise as the premier location to develop and research new innovative products for today's business challenges.

The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Polymer Science and Engineering and in Sports and High Performance Materials. The goal of our undergraduate and graduate program is to educate incoming students in the theory and practice of polymer science, which is revolutionary and changing the face of our society. Students in all of our degree programs receive valuable training for a career in academia, commerce and manufacture which process and use polymeric materials. The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Polymers and High Performance Materials has always pursued excellence in undergraduate and graduate studies and many of our former students hold prominent positions in many scientific and technical organizations. Our graduates are found in all corners of the nation.

For more information, please visit The University of Southern Mississippi website.