state university system comprising seven coeducational institutions of higher learning. It is made up of Bemidji State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Metropolitan State University (campuses at St. Paul (Saint Paul) and Minneapolis); Minnesota State University Moorhead; Saint Cloud State University; Southwest Minnesota State University (at Marshall); and Winona State University. Each institution allows cooperative study at the other schools in the system. An overseas campus of Minnesota State University is located in Akita, Japan.