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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 is tied for 20th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 list of the 50 top public universities in America.
Visiting UGA

Last year the Visitor's Center booked more than 32,000 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 continues to be a national leader in the number of students each year who receive the very top national academic scholarships. Since 1996, UGA has produced seven Rhodes Scholars, plus 37 Goldwater, ten Truman, seven Udall, six Merage, five Gates Cambridge, four Marshall and three Mitchell Scholars. UGA has produced 21 Fulbright Scholars in the past two years.
- Undergraduate admissions
Graduate Admissions

UGA graduate programs remained among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2012 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.
- 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
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Schools & Colleges
Extended Campuses
Programs
Academic Resources
Research
Research at UGA

For the third consecutive year, the University of Georgia technology commercialization program has been ranked among the nation’s best for moving technologies into the marketplace.
Centers & Institutes

Cross-disciplinary institutes reporting to OVPR provide enhanced interaction to the research program by drawing on faculty expertise from more than one department, school or academic unit. Centers are devoted to a specialized, advanced area of research.
- OVPR Centers and Institutes
- All Centers and Institutes
Student Research

Students attending the University of Georgia, a research-intensive university, have the opportunity to enhance learning through direct participation in research and scholarship. At UGA, these opportunities span the gamut from the physical, life, and social sciences to the arts and humanities. They enable students to participate in ground-breaking research, often as part of a team of other students, fellows and faculty.
Faculty Expertise

The UGA Faculty Research Expertise Database contains information about research interests of more than 2,400 UGA Faculty. It provides business, government, and media representatives access to UGA researchers for information and sponsored research.
- FRED
- Faculty Experts | For the Media
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 over 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 is one of only 115 colleges and universities to achieve this elective classification in 2010 and will join 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 425,000-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, and has been rated by Sports Illustrated as the nation's best such facility.
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
The Arts at UGA

UGA's Performing and Visual Arts Complex provides some of the finest facilities in the South for teaching, research and performance in the fine arts. The Complex includes the Hodgson School of Music; the Performing Arts Center, which has a 1,100-seat auditorium for major concerts and musical performances; the Lamar Dodd School of Art, which opened in 2008 and includes studios, lecture halls, galleries, a media center and an eco-friendly "green roof;" and the Georgia Museum of Art with 9,000 square feet of exhibition space.
Galleries, Performance Halls, Theatres

During the fall of 2011, the UGA Libraries' three special collections libraries will relocate from the Main Library to the new Special Collections Libraries building currently under construction at 300 Hull Street. The Special Collections Libraries Building plans to open fully to the public with normal service and access to exhibit galleries in January 2012.
Music, Dance and Drama

"Hodgson Hall is, by far, the best concert hall in Georgia, and one of the finest in the country. If you hear the Atlanta Symphony in this hall, you hear it for the first time."—Yoel Levi, Music Director Emeritus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Calendars

The Performing Arts Center embarks on its 15th season of bringing the world's finest entertainers to Athens.
Athletics

Lunch & Learn

UGA can take your simple brown bag lunch and make it much more appetizing, thanks to a variety of lunchtime learning opportunities being held throughout campus this fall.

The bigger picture

For Michael Marshall, an associate professor of photography in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, all it took was one class to see the effect that public service and outreach has on students.

Shaping two futures

Chuck Mobley and Adam Barb, postdoctoral scholars in UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, have two missions. The first is to shape their own research future. The second will help shape the future of postdoctoral scholars across UGA.

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UGA Today

UGA Institute for Women’s Studies to host Women and Girls in Georgia conference

Huckaby, Levine to speak at UGA’s State of Education Conference Sept. 15-16

UGA and the Athens community celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Top Story

U.S. News ranks UGA among top 25 public universities

UGA ranked 23rd among public universities and tied for 62nd among best national universities on the newly released U.S. News & World Report's 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges.

Discover UGA

Register for classes

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UGA. Learn in retirement.

Improving quality of life

UGA's Cancer Center is redefining early cancer detection.

There's drama here at UGA

University Theatre opens its 2011 season with 39 Steps.

Are you prepared?

The first steps are simple.

Amazing Student

Alyson Pittman

Economics and English double major, Alyson Pittman says UGA’s intellectual culture mixed with an immense love of sporting events made it an obvious choice for her. From her on campus teaching experiences, to an outreach experience in Tanzania, to climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Alyson finds her college experience at UGA “awesome.”… READ MORE Continue

Embracing Diversity Lecture

Jace Weaver, UGA's director for Native American Studies, will discuss the educational advantages of diversity at the Embracing Diversity lecture on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel. Embracing Diversity underscores UGA's commitment to create an environment inclusive to all.

Georgia vs. Coastal Carolina

The Georgia Bulldogs will take on the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers between the hedges of Sanford Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m.

The Georgia Museum of Natural History, which has been closed for extensive renovations for over 10 months, will reopen on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. with a reception for the new exhibition Lost Species, Visions of Landscapes Past. The reception is free and open to the public.

Today's events

DETAILS IN MASTER CALENDAR

	Musikgarten Early Childhood Music Classes
10:00 am	Resume Critique Tate Student Center
12:00 pm	BFSO Scholarship Luncheon Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel
	University System of Georgia Board of Regents Meeting
4:00 pm	Ecology Seminar Ecology Building
5:30 pm	Visiting Artist/Scholar Lecture: Nicola Lopez Lamar Dodd School of Art
6:00 pm	Cooking in the Garden: Handmade Pastries State Botanical Garden of Georgia
6:30 pm	Let’s Talk About It: Bert and Ernie—To Wed or Not to Wed? Zell B. Miller Learning Center
7:00 pm	Sustainability Film Series: “A Crude Awakening” Rooker Hall (ECV)

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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

Student Research

Faculty Expertise

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

The Arts at UGA

Galleries, Performance Halls, Theatres

Music, Dance and Drama

Calendars

Lunch & Learn

The bigger picture

Shaping two futures

Top Story

Embracing Diversity Lecture

Georgia vs. Coastal Carolina

Today's events

Musikgarten Early Childhood Music Classes

Resume Critique

BFSO Scholarship Luncheon

University System of Georgia Board of Regents Meeting

Ecology Seminar

Visiting Artist/Scholar Lecture: Nicola Lopez

Cooking in the Garden: Handmade Pastries

Let’s Talk About It: Bert and Ernie—To Wed or Not to Wed?

Sustainability Film Series: “A Crude Awakening”