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| Type | Publicresearch university |
| Established | December 20, 1828; 196 years ago (1828-12-20)[2][3] |
Parent institution | University System of Georgia |
| Accreditation | SACS |
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| Endowment | $364.8 million[5][6] |
| President | Russell T. Keen |
Academic staff | 1,643 |
Administrative staff | 3,500+ |
| Students | 9,813 (fall 2022)[7] |
| Postgraduates | 2,376 (fall 2022) |
| 1,324 (fall 2021) | |
| Location | ,, United States |
| Campus | Midsize city[9], 670 acres (2.7 km2)[8] |
| Other campuses | |
| Newspaper | The Bell Ringer |
| Colors | Blue and grey[10] |
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Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Augustus the Jaguar[12] |
| Website | augusta.edu |
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Augusta University (AU) is apublicresearch university and academic medical center inAugusta, Georgia. It is a part of theUniversity System of Georgia and has satellite medical campuses inSavannah,Albany,Rome, andAthens. It employs over 15,000 people, has more than 56,000 alumni,[13] and is accredited by theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The Augusta University Health System includes the 478-bedAugusta University Medical Center, the 154-bed Children's Hospital of Georgia,[14] and more than 80 outpatient clinics.
Augusta University was officially formed January 8, 2013, from the consolidation ofAugusta State University andGeorgia Health Sciences University inAugusta, Georgia by order of theUniversity System of GeorgiaBoard of Regents. Georgia Health Sciences University was chartered in 1828, upon the request ofMilton Antony and Joseph Adams Eve, by the state of Georgia as the Medical Academy of Georgia to offer a single course of lectures leading to a bachelor's degree.[15] Augusta State University traces its roots to 1783, when theAcademy of Richmond County was founded as a high school. It opened in 1785 and offered collegiate-level classes from its earliest days, and its classes were overseen by theGeorgia General Assembly.
Augusta University's main campus in Augusta, Georgia, encompasses more than 200 acres and has four local campuses. It is made up of the former campuses betweenAugusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University, with additions from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.[16]
The medical college of the university, its oldest and founding college, began as the Medical Academy of Georgia in 1828, moving into the now historicOld Medical College Building in 1835. The present Health Sciences campus was formed in 1913 as the college moved to the Newton building and expanded from there, with the Dugas Building in 1937 marking the earliest building currently on the campus. The first clinical facility opened as the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in 1956.[17]
Located in Augusta'sMedical District, the Health Sciences campus features all medical programs of the university, as well as the Health Sciences Building, Interdisciplinary Research Building, Wellness Center, Cancer Center,Medical College of Georgia, The Dental College of Georgia, and the College of Science and Mathematics.
The Health Sciences campus also contains theAugusta University Medical Center, the Children's Hospital of Georgia, and Augusta University's two residence halls, Oak Hall and Elm Hall, which opened in Fall 2016.
TheSummerville campus was originally used as aUnited States Army arsenal, established in downtown Augusta in 1816 and relocated to the campus in 1827. By the turn of the twentieth century, the arsenal's prominence waned, beginning with theSpanish–American War in that the arsenal produced manufacturing equipment, seacoast targets, and was a repair station. In World War I, the station repaired rifles and small arms, but produced ordnance material and fire control operations forWorld War II.[18]
In 1955, the arsenal was closed, and two years later the land was given to the local Board of Education, which used it to open theJunior College of Augusta. In 1958, the name changed toAugusta College, and in 1996 toAugusta State University.
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Located onWalton Way, the Summerville campus houses many of the undergraduate programs and the Jaguar Student Activities Center. The Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, the History Walk, the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, The Honors Program, and the Maxwell Alumni House are all found on this campus. In addition, theJames M. Hull College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, andPamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are located here.
The campus was formerly well known for theArsenal Oak, a tree that contained wood believed to be 250–400 years old, until it was cut down in June 2004 because of disease.[19] A dedication ceremony of the replanting of the new Arsenal Oak took place on Friday, April 29, 2016, on the front lawn of the Benét House.[20] The descendant was grown from an acorn of the original Arsenal Oak.[21]
Then-Augusta State University opened a second campus in 1991 for athletics, complete with a 3,800-seat arena—Christenberry Fieldhouse, named in 2003—and softball and baseball fields.[18] The J. Fleming Norvell Golf House was added in 2007 with an adjacent driving range, putting green, and chipping area.[22]
The campus containsForest Hills Golf Club, home of the men's and women's golf teams and a public course available for play, and the 500-bed University Village student housing.
The formerGeorgia Golf Hall of Fame riverfront property in Downtown Augusta has been developed to house the Augusta University Cyber Institute[23] and the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center which opened in July 2018.[24] The Riverfront Campus was named in honor of Georgia GovernorNathan Deal who was on hand for the opening ceremony of the Hull-McKnight Building on the campus. The building is also the home of the university's newest School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.[25] A second cyber building will open in December 2018 with potential plans to expand more on the property.
Augusta University has three satellite campuses for medical student clinical study, inAlbany,Rome, andSavannah.[citation needed]
| Academic rankings | |
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| U.S. News & World Report[26] | 296 (tie) |
In 2024,U.S. News & World Report ranked Augusta University tied for No.296 out of 436 National Universities, tied for No.161 out of 225 in Top Public Schools, tied for No.114 out of 686 in Nursing, and tied for No.252 out of 433 in Top Performers on Social Mobility.[27]
In 2024, Augusta University accepted 85.5% of undergraduate applicants. Augusta University did not report high schoolGPA data for its accepted students. Standardized test scores reported were an average 1120SAT score (78% of applicants submitting), or an average 22ACT score (25% submitting).[28]
The College of Nursing has a satellite campus inAthens. AU'sMedical College of Georgia (MCG) operates a partnership with theUniversity of Georgia on the University of Georgia's new Health Sciences Campus, also in Athens.
In 2010, MCG partnered with theUniversity of Georgia (UGA) to create the UGA-MCG Medical Partnership. The Medical Partnership combines the experience of one of the nation's first medical schools with the resources of one of the nation's most comprehensive leading nationally ranked research universities. The result is an education that allows medical students to reach their full potential in a unique and stimulating learning environment.[29]
To accommodate its new Health Sciences Campus, in 2011 theUniversity of Georgia acquired the 58-acre formerU.S. Navy Supply Corps School which had extensive landscaped green spaces, more than 400 trees, and several historic buildings located on the hospital and medical office corridor of Prince Avenue near downtownAthens. After renovations and additions, in July 2012, the UGA-MCG Medical Partnership moved to the new University of Georgia Health Sciences Campus.
East Central Regional Hospital, with two locations in Augusta and Gracewood, was taken over by Augusta University for administrative purposes in 2009 after it was considered for closure. The hospital specializes inbehavioral health andmental disabilities. The university's College of Nursing is now actively involved in daily hospital activities including hiring nurses for the hospital, partnering with other institutions to educate students in masters in nursing programs regarding mental healthcare, and utilizing a Dedicated Education Unit to help guide undergraduate nursing students in patient care.[30]
Fort Eisenhower is home to the US Army Cyber Center of Excellence and the US Army Cyber Command. The partnership will strengthen the relationship between AU and ARCYBER by assisting soldiers transferring their training to the private sector as well as by sharing resources.[31] The ribbon-cutting and opening ceremony of Augusta University's Cyber Institute took place in University Hall on the Summerville campus on Friday, September 16, 2016.[32]
In 2013,East Georgia State College (EGSC), a University System of Georgia institution based in the rural city ofSwainsboro, began a collaboration with AU to serve Augusta-area students who do not meet AU's freshman admission requirements. Students enrolled in the program are enrolled as EGSC students and attend classes on the Summerville Campus. After completing 30 semester hours of college level coursework and attaining a minimum GPA of 2.3, students can then elect to transfer into a bachelor's program at AU. This collaboration is modeled after EGSC's long-standing collaboration withGeorgia Southern University and replaces the former "University College" program.[33]
Augusta University is one of five accredited programs[34] offering a Masters of Science in Medical Illustration in North America in the college of Allied Health Science. The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).[citation needed]
Augusta athletic teams are the Jaguars. The university is a member of theDivision II level of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in thePeach Belt Conference (PBC) since the 1991–92 academic year; except in women's and men's golf, which those sports compete in theNCAA Division I level as an affiliate member of theSouthland Conference.
Augusta competes in 13 intercollegiate varsity sports:[35] Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis & track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
The men's golf program captured the school's first NCAA Division I Men's Golf National Championship on June 6, 2010, in Ooltewah, Tennessee, when the Jaguars defeated Oklahoma State University. The Jags then became the first Division I men's golf program in 27 years to repeat as National Champions on June 5, 2011, when they defeated the University of Georgia at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[36]
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