Explore
A Puget Sound education is an invitation to explore ideas, relationships, your interests, and the world around you. It begins with your exploration of the paths you might take over the next four years. In your search for the right fit, we invite you to take a virtual tour of the campus, skim the quick facts, and hear what our students say about Puget Sound.
50 things to love about Puget Sound
- We have less annual precipitation than New York, Boston, Houston, St. Louis, or Washington, D.C.
- Mount Rainier, visible from campus, is just a two-hour drive east.
- Nearby Point Defiance is one of the largest urban parks in the United States.
- Puget Sound offers more than 50 majors, minors, and programs.
- Puget Sound has innovative interdisciplinary programs, such as international political economy.
Student Team Videos: Welcome Class of 2017
Pacific Rim/Asia Study-Travel Program
Last year's PacRim students posted this video to their blog to document the first semester of their yearlong journey.
Sound Ideas: Scholarly & Creative Works
Every year, Puget Sound students, faculty,and staff write articles, present research, produce creative works, and more. Visit Sound Ideas to see recent research and other scholarly and creative endeavors. You can also check out YouTube to see recent poster presentations.
Associated Students of University of Puget Sound (ASUPS)
Find out what is happening on campus, check out student clubs and organizations, and learn more about Puget Sound's student government.
Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
KUPS 90.1 FM Tacoma "The Sound"
Puget Sound's radio station (KUPS 90.1 FM Tacoma "The Sound") is 100% student-run and broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, serving the greater Tacoma area with programming in a variety of genres.
Listen live | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr
Study Abroad Photos
Over 40% of Puget Sound students study abroad. Each year the International Programs office sponsors a study abroad photo contest. Check out recent winners from Chile, South Africa, France, Australia,Tanzania, Namibia, Austria, and more!
Left: Tedra Hamel '12 won in the Artistic category with this photo from India.
Garden Level a cappella
Garden Level is Puget Sound's all-male a cappella group. They perform on campus and around the region. The group is currently working on recording their first album. Check out their website to meet the guys and listen to their performances.
Maddie Peckenpaugh '16 and Olivia Perry '15 are blogging for the admission office this year. Maddie and Olivia are taking the opportunity to introduce you to their Puget Sound.In the blog...
The Extra Mile
Attention college and future college guys! Take a lesson from this adorable little dude. read more
Students Speak Out
There's a community that forms here. We're from all over the country. You have liberals and conservatives, realists and optimists. The people on this campus have very different opinions. They have passionate debates. They disagree. But there's a focus on making sure everyone's voice is heard. That's Puget Sound.
- Janece Levien, Beaverton, Oregon, Class of 2009
Featured Student
Billy Rathje '15: Lillis Scholar
Billy is one of two Lillis Scholars accepted for the Class of 2015. An AP Scholar with Honor, he has been doing research the last two summers at Oregon Health Sciences University studying lens protein modifications that cause cataracts. This work has led him to co-author an abstract presented at an international conference and teach classes on spectrophotometry and biochemistry. Billy plans to pursue both science and an interest in theater at Puget Sound. His passion for drama led him to co-author a full-length musical that was performed at his high school and will be performed at a Portland theater festival in 2012. Read more about Billy's musical, Fight Call.
Students blog about life at Puget Sound
Week of Blogging: Post 7 of 7
Hey everyone – if you’re just checking in, I’ve decided this week to post a blog a day in the spirit of capturing day-to-day life at Puget Sound. Check out my daily posts here – there will be one a … Continue reading → read more
Students blog about study abroad
Crecimiento
One of the biggest reasons I chose the program here in Santiago, over any other program in the world that Puget Sound offered, was because they have a class called Observación Clínica where I would have the opportunity to shadow … Continue reading → read more
