NDSU stands for North Dakota State University. NDSU is located in Fargo, ND and is not as desolate as the Coen brothers would like for you to think. NDSU has one of the better programs in Computer Science, where they focus on teaching and computer science education than research. NDSU is also part of the Tri-College Consortium, i.e. a conglomerate of 3 universities in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The three schools consist of NDSU, Minnesota State University - Moorhead, and Concordia College.