The University
The University of Georgia is the
oldest chartered state university in the United States, having celebrated
its bicentennial in 1985. In over two hundred years, the University
of Georgia has grown from thirty students meeting in a log cabin to
having today over two thousand faculty members and about thirty thousand
students, of whom more than seven thousand are graduate students.
The main campus is 605 acres and has 322 buildings. The University
of Georgia is considered to be one of the leading institutions of
higher learning in the Southeast, and is well regarded both nationally
and internationally. The University of Georgia is the flagship school
of the Georgia State system, and its faculty provide instruction and
carry out research in a very wide range of disciplines.
The University operates on a semester
system. The Fall semester runs from mid-August to mid-December;
the Spring semester lasts from early January to early May; and the
Summer semester begins in mid-June and finishes in early August.
Further general information about the University can be found in
the brochures University
of Georgia Graduate Bulletin and Application
for Admission, which are available from the Department or
the Graduate School.
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