About University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public land-grant research university
with its main campus in Athens, Georgia. The University of Georgia Founded in 1785, and is
one of the oldest public universities in the United States. The flagship of the University
of Georgia System of Georgia, it is considered to be a Public Ivy, or a public institution
that offers an academic experience equivalent to an Ivy League university.
The University of Georgia is classified among "R1 Doctoral Universities
– Very high research activity," and as having "more selective" undergraduate admissions,
university of Georgia is having the most selective admissions category, while the ACT
Assessment Student Report places university of Georgia admissions in the Highly Selective
category, the highest classification.
Among public universities, the University of Georgia is one of the
nation's top three producers of Rhodes Scholars over the past two decades. In addition to
the main campuses in Athens with their approximately 470 buildings, the University of
Georgia has two smaller campuses located in Tifton and Griffin.
The University of Georgia has two satellite campuses located in Atlanta
and Lawrenceville. The University of Georgia operates several services and outreach stations
spread across the state. The total acreage of the university in 30 Georgia counties is
41,539 acres (168.10 km2).
The University of Georgia also owns a residential education and research
center in Washington, DC, as well as three international residential education and research
centers located at Oxford University in Oxford, England, at Cortona, Italy, and Monteverde,
Costa Rica.