Your Path Starts Here
Get the Cascades Edge
Oregon State University – Cascades is OSU's campus in Bend. Here, you'll 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. That's the edge.
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Dream big
It's your time. To discover your passion. To find a future that inspires you. To make a difference.
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.
![Dream Big](/sites/osucascades.edu/files/styles/fluid_webp/public/2023-12/dream-big-hompage-800x533.jpg.webp?itok=cn-tK5rJ)
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.
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Career development, every term
Cascades Edge is our new career development program built into your coursework every term — at no additional cost. From your first day until graduation, we'll help you explore, design and land the career that's right for you.
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
![Employee award winners](/sites/osucascades.edu/files/styles/x_large_scale_crop/public/2024-06/20240521-employee-awards-hn-26_1080x1080.jpg?itok=uXvt-Lx_)
2024 Employee Awards celebrate faculty, staff achievements at OSU-Cascades
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Campus tours for community groups are open. 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Fourth Fridays
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Arts leader Kimberly Howard Wade to speak at OSU-Cascades 23rd Commencement Ceremony
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