Emory University

Emory University is a private research university located in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional undergraduate campus in Oxford, Georgia. Founded in 1836, it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is a member of the Association of American Universities. Emory offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through schools such as Emory College of Arts and Sciences, the Goizueta Business School, the School of Medicine, the School of Law, and the Rollins School of Public Health. The university is known for its programs in the health sciences, business, public health, and the liberal arts. Students are often drawn to Emory University for its combination of research opportunities, interdisciplinary study, and its location in a major metropolitan area in the southeastern United States.

Emory University was founded in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia, as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named for Bishop John Emory. Ignatius Alphonso Few served as its first president. During the Civil War, the campus was used as a hospital and military headquarters. In 1915, Emory College moved to Atlanta after a major financial pledge from Asa G. Candler, leading to the chartering of Emory University as a modern research institution. The university expanded significantly in the twentieth century, becoming coeducational in 1953 and racially integrated in 1962. A transformative $105 million gift from the Woodruff family in 1979 strengthened Emory University’s endowment and research capacity. In 2018, the Atlanta campus was officially annexed into the City of Atlanta. Today, Emory University continues to grow as a comprehensive research university with national and international reach.