Colleges Emory University

Emory University www.emory.edu

Emory University is a private institution that was founded in 1836. It sits on a 630-acre campus in the suburb of Druid Hills near downtown Atlanta. The Student Programming Council organizes events and performances throughout the year, including from well-known entertainers and musicians. A popular student organization is Volunteer Emory, which oversees community service activities. Regardless of whether they participate in varsity athletics, all students are required to take two courses in physical education. First- and second-year students are required to live on campus, but a majority of students remain on campus all four years. The latest additions to the Atlanta Campus include buildings for cancer research, biomedical research, scientific computation, mathematics and science, vaccine research, and the performing arts.

Academics

Emory University offers a five-year dual degree program in engineering, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The University also offers a dual master’s degree in social work with the University of Georgia. Emory University is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity and is a member of the Association of American Universities. Emory is known for demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate education in the arts and sciences, top professional schools and state-of-the-art research. Undergraduates choose from 70+ majors, 50+ minors, interdisciplinary studies, and a selection of pre-professional programs. Emory’s student-faculty ratio is 9:1, and the school has 58% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. Popular majors include Business, Biology, Nursing, and Economics.

Special Highlights

Study Abroad. Emory College Study Abroad offers a wide array of programs for students, ranging from credit-bearing academic programs during the summer and semester, to research and intern opportunities. With over 100 programs in over 40 countries to choose from, you have the option to study abroad virtually anywhere across the globe. Emory students may also combine study abroad with an academic internship experience during a semester term or in the summer.

Envisioning Baroque Rome. As one of the featured projects of Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, this digital humanities project provides an online, 3D, walkable reconstruction of the city of Rome ca. 1676, using the gaming platform Unity. Visitors can enter the streets of the Baroque city as virtual pedestrians and navigate various sites and scenes. Envisioning Baroque Rome recaptures piazzas, streets, fountains, and architecture lost to the urban renewal campaigns of the intervening centuries.

School Mission & Unique Qualities

Emory University’s original campus was established in Oxford, Georgia in 1836. The 56-acre campus, located 38 miles east of Emory’s Atlanta Campus, is home to Oxford College. Entering freshmen can apply to Emory College, which offers a liberal arts education within the heart of a major research university. Students also can apply to Oxford College where they spend the first two years before transferring in their junior year to the Atlanta campus. Oxford and Emory College students can also apply for junior year admission to the Goizueta Business School to earn a Business Administration degree. Emory’s Atlanta Campus, established in the early twentieth century, covers more than 600 acres in Atlanta’s historic neighborhood of Druid Hills. The University campus is heavily forested with pine, maples, oak, and magnolias, and Peavine Creek, a branch of the Peachtree Creek, runs through the campus.

Student Reviews…

“The campus is one of the most beautiful and safest I have seen. New buildings are constantly being built or older ones remolded. The people are truly the heart of this institution. Students and faculty provide a welcoming and intellectually stimulating environment.”