About University of Puget Sound Founded in 1888, the University of Puget Sound (Puget Sound) is located in Tacoma, Washington, also known as “The City of Destiny”. Named one of the top 3 “Most Beautiful Campuses in America” by College Rover, Puget Sound is a leading national liberal arts and sciences university and believes that the best way to prepare students for success is through exposing them to multiple perspectives and engaging them in work that makes a difference in the world. Puget Sound’s mission is deeply instilled in every aspect of campus and aims to develop its students to have capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgement, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independ