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About UGA
About UGA

UGA is the birthplace of the American system of public higher education.
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UGA was 20th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 ranking of the 50 top public universities in America.
Visiting UGA

Each year, the Visitors Center books about 30,000 tours. Book your tour now and discover UGA!
Proud to say Georgia

Since 1851, 25 governors of Georgia have been graduates of Georgia. At least 17 UGA alumni are presidents or provosts of colleges and universities in the U.S. Nine UGA graduates have received the Pulitzer Prize. Four UGA alumni have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Admissions
Undergraduate Admissions

The University of Georgia is a national leader among public universities in the numbers of major scholarships earned by our students. We have had eight Rhodes Scholars since 1995. In the same period, our students have won 46 Goldwater Scholarships. UGA students have earned 12 Truman Scholarships since 1995, and each year we have multiple recipients of major national scholarships.
- Undergraduate admissions
Graduate Admissions

UGA graduate programs remained among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2013 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.
- The Graduate School
Continuing Education

Whether you are looking for personal improvement, seeking a credential or wanting to change your career path, the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education delivers a variety of educational programs to meet your learning needs.
- UGA Center for Continuing Education
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
International Students

The University of Georgia has approximately 180 International Cooperative Agreements (ICAs) in over 50 countries. These agreements allow for the formal development of activities such as faculty and student exchanges, collaborative research, seminars and workshops, and/or service programs.
- Office of International Education
Academics
Schools & Colleges
Extended Campuses
Programs
Academic Resources
Research
Research at UGA

The Office of the Vice President for Research encourages and supports UGA research, scholarship and creative activities by assisting with the recruitment of research-intensive faculty, and providing infrastructure for sponsored research. We help to move UGA innovations into the marketplace, encourage research-based economic development, and ensure responsible conduct in research.
Centers & Institutes

UGA research addresses real-life problems, including the grand challenges associated with water, food, fuel, environment and health. It also enriches the soul through the arts, humanities and social sciences. OVPR's Interdisciplinary centers, institutes and research initiatives provide enhanced interactions and focus on advanced areas of research.
- OVPR Centers, Institutes and Initiatives
- UGA Centers and Institutes
Research Resources

Access to state-of-the-art core facilities and technologies, as well as campus experts, is essential for cutting-edge research.
Student and Postdoctoral Research

Undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are critical to the successful pursuit of research and scholarship at the University of Georgia. They contribute in multiple ways to research and scholarship in the physical, life and social sciences, as well as the arts and humanities.
Outreach
Public Service & Outreach at UGA

UGA Public Service and Outreach enhances quality of life in Georgia by applying the knowledge of the University to the state’s evolving economic, social, and community needs.
PSO Units

For more than 80 years, PSO has led the University in bringing its resources to each of Georgia’s 159 counties, 500+ cities, and around the world, serving more than 110,000 individuals annually to improve the quality of life in Georgia and beyond.
Service-Learning

The University of Georgia has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for its institutional commitment to community engagement through teaching, research, and public service with the Community Engagement Classification. UGA was one of only 115 colleges and universities to achieve this elective classification in 2010 and joined the ranks of only 311 institutions nationally.
- Office of Service-Learning
Programs

Georgia is committed to building a service program that embodies the historical ideals of outreach and engagement through community access to the university’s resources.
Student Life
Campus LIfe

Campus Life is a primary point of contact for students through more than 600 registered student organizations; student programming groups; social fraternities and sororities; student leadership programs and volunteer services; and international and multicultural programs.
Health & Recreation

The 440,000-square-foot Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities is one of the largest and most comprehensive fitness/exercise facilities for students and faculty in the country.
Get Involved

In 2000, UGA was the first university in the nation to organize a collegiate Relay For Life. It raised more than $115,000. UGA Relay now has over 3,200 student volunteers and has raised more than $2.3 million, benefiting The American Cancer Society.
Money Matters

The Food Service program here at the University of Georgia is nationally recognized as being one of the best in the nation.
Working at UGA
Resources & Services
Facilities
Policies & Procedures
Giving to UGA
Ways of giving

Private support from individuals, foundations, and corporations provides the margin of excellence that distinguishes great universities from good ones.
Lasting legacies

You can become a part of Georgia's lasting legacy by strengthening your school, college, or academic unit today, through your contributions.
Proud to say Georgia

With over 100 alumni organizations in major cities around the world, it's easy to keep your connection to UGA, lifelong and worldwide.
Online giving

Make your gift through a safe, secure and efficient process. Then easily track them through your bank statement.
- Give Online
Arts
Arts at UGA

Visit Arts at UGA to find information on the performing, visual and literary arts all on one site.
- The Arts at UGA
Performing Arts at UGA

UGA’s Performing Arts Center features two acoustically superb concert halls. Other performance venues on campus include the Fine Arts Building and the Dance Building.
Visual Arts at UGA

The Georgia Museum of Art and the Lamar Dodd School of Art are part of the Performing and Visual Arts Complex that also includes the Performing Arts Center and the School of Music
- Georgia Museum of Art
- Lamar Dodd School of Art
Literary Arts at UGA

The Georgia Review, an acclaimed literary magazine, and the UGA Press publish outstanding work by writers from around the world. The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame honors the state's best writers.
Academic Units

Students and faculty pursue arts studies in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The Special Collections Libraries provide access to materials related to the history and culture of Georgia, while the Willson Center and ICE promote Interdisciplinary inquiry and creative activity in the arts.
Calendars

The Master Calendar lists events searchable by date, event type, sponsor or audience. Synch, share, like and feed events to your own applications and devices.
Athletics

UGA ALERT

Classroom setup puts new twist on teaching methods

SCALE-UP classroom creates a ‘much more realistic’ active learning environment for students and teacher alike.

Scientists grow fully functional organ from cells

UGA genetics professor worked on a project considered “one of the holy grails in regenerative medicine.”

Educating leaders of tomorrow key to UGA’s mission

The university offers dozens of leadership programs and opportunities to help give students an edge.

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UGA Today

UGA receives $2.5 million gift to create distinguished chair in real estate

Poet Jordan Scott to speak at Ciné

UGA and Georgia Perimeter College collaborate to help students complete degrees

UGA to debate Oxford Union Oct. 8 on campus

UGA to discontinue holding a summer Commencement ceremony

UGA Marine Extension releases sea turtle

Ossabaw was a little unsure of the sandy beach and the clicking cameras Sept. 8, but the loggerhead turtle that has lived at the University of Georgia Aquarium since 2011 finally made it home to the ocean.

Discover UGA

Discover the ways UGA is training the leaders of tomorrow.

UGA launches online Bachelor of Business Administration program.

Twelve UGA students receive Fulbright travel-study grants.

Expecting excellence: President Morehead featured in Georgia Trend.

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CAMPUS
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Amazing Student

Nakia Smith

Nakia Smith, a senior majoring in financial planning, found that UGA was the perfect place to overcome some personal obstacles and set herself on a bright path to a successful future in her professional life.

Focus on Faculty

Patricia Thomas

Professor Patricia Thomas, the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism, teaches her students 21st century skills while also emphasizing bedrock principles of journalism, such as integrity and accuracy.

Campus Closeup

Lauren Palmer

As Lauren Palmer was researching the fallout of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, an article about another Pacific island caught her eye.

New Yorker writer, critic to speak

Hilton Als, staff writer and drama critic at The New Yorker, will read from his work on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art. The reading, part of the UGA Institute for African American Studies’ fall lecture series, is free and open to the public.

Volleyball team to host invitational

The volleyball team will host the Benson Hospitality Invitational Sept. 12 and 13 at the Ramsey Student Center. Georgia will play UNC-Asheville Sept. 12 at 7 p.m., and on Sept. 13 will play Harvard at 1 p.m. and North Carolina State University at 7 p.m.

‘Godzilla' to be shown in Tate Theatre
"Godzilla," starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen, will be shown Sept. 12-14 at 8 p.m. in the Tate Center Theatre. In the 2014 film, the world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten the very existence of humans. The cost is $2, or $1 for UGA students who pay activity fees.

Today's events

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10:00 am	National Preparedness Month Resource Fair Tate Student Center
11:00 am	Blood Drive Tate Student Center
12:30 pm	Engineering Graduate Seminar Driftmier Engineering Center
1:00 pm	Award-Winning Faculty Series: Jeffrey Berejikian Zell B. Miller Learning Center
3:00 pm	Academic-Professional Security Series Lecture Chapel
7:00 pm	Phi Kappa Literary Society Debate Phi Kappa Hall
7:00 pm	Anthropocene Lecture Series Lecture Chapel
7:30 pm	2nd Thursday Concert: UGA Symphony Orchestra Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall
8:00 pm	Film: “Black Dynamite” Tate Student Center

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About UGA

Academics

Student Life

Helpful Links

About UGA

Offices

Visiting UGA

Proud to say Georgia

Undergraduate Admissions

Graduate Admissions

Continuing Education

International Students

Schools & Colleges

Extended Campuses

Programs

Academic Resources

Research at UGA

Centers & Institutes

Research Resources

Student and Postdoctoral Research

Public Service & Outreach at UGA

PSO Units

Service-Learning

Programs

Campus LIfe

Health & Recreation

Get Involved

Money Matters

Resources & Services

Facilities

Policies & Procedures

Ways of giving

Lasting legacies

Proud to say Georgia

Online giving

Arts at UGA

Performing Arts at UGA

Visual Arts at UGA

Literary Arts at UGA

Academic Units

Calendars

UGA ALERT

Classroom setup puts new twist on teaching methods

Scientists grow fully functional organ from cells

Educating leaders of tomorrow key to UGA’s mission

New Yorker writer, critic to speak

Volleyball team to host invitational

Today's events

National Preparedness Month Resource Fair

Blood Drive

Engineering Graduate Seminar

Award-Winning Faculty Series: Jeffrey Berejikian

Academic-Professional Security Series Lecture

Phi Kappa Literary Society Debate

Anthropocene Lecture Series Lecture

2nd Thursday Concert: UGA Symphony Orchestra

Film: “Black Dynamite”