The University of Louisiana system is composed of the institutions under the supervision and management of the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities as follows:

(1) Grambling State University at Grambling.
(2) Louisiana Tech University at Ruston.
(3) McNeese State University at Lake Charles.
(4) Nicholls State University at Thibodaux.
(5) Northeast Louisiana University at Monroe.
(6) Northwestern State University of Louisiana at Natchitoches.
(7) Southeastern Louisiana University at Hammond.
(8) University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette.
(9) Any other college, university, school, institution or program now or hereafter under the supervision and management of the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities.

        Added by Acts 1975, No. 313, §2, eff. July 17, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1980, No. 250, §1; Acts 1992, No. 341, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 45, §1, eff. June 8, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 634, §1, eff. June 20, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 33, §1, eff. May 29, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1369, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 151, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.

(It should be noted that the Statute above has not been updated to indicate the current name of the governing board [Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System] or the current names of two of the System institutions (5) University of Louisiana at Monroe and (8) University of Louisiana at Lafayette.)

Nicholls State University is part of the University of Louisiana System. The general powers and duties of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System as a management board under the authority of the Louisiana Board of Regents are provided for in Louisiana Revised Statute 17:3351. These general powers allow the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System to formulate curricula and programs for study, as well as award certificates, confer degrees, and issue diplomas certifying the same (see Section A. (11) and (15) of LRS 17:3351) [5].

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