Emory University Quick facts

Motto: Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam (English: The wise heart will possess knowledge)

University world Ranking - Times 200 (UK)
= 74
University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China)
102 to 150
University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA)
93
American University Rank (Jiaotong)
59 to 76
USnews America Ranking
111
Emory University Basic Facts
Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total)
6646
4080
12,338
Faculty / Staff
2709 / 18,807
Established
1836
Endowment (2006) - USA Rank $4,870,019,000 - 13th
Endowment per student
$394,717
Research Spending - USA Rank $333,665,000 - 43rd
Affiliations
AAU, International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities


About Emory University

Emory University is located in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA. The university has 9 divisions, these are: Emory College (major undergraduate college); Oxford College (undergraduate college used for the first two years of study for many disciplines); School of Law; School of Medicine; Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing; Candler School of Theology; Goizueta Business School; Rollins School of Public Health; and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

At the undergraduate level the main college of the university is Emory college offering 66 majors and 53 minors in addition to several inter department programs.

Emory has an impressive library collection of 3.1 million volumes spread across its five libraries. Some of its prime contents are the original papers of Ted Hughes. The university is also endowed with a museum that contains many artifacts of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman empire; in total it holds over 18,000 pieces.

Emory University have many famous Faculty and Alumni associated with it including many visiting professors such as the Nobel Prize holders Desmond Tutu, Tenzin Gyatso (the Dala Lama), Jimmy Carter and Wole Soyinka. Other notable people associated with Emory include Jean François Lyotard, Salman Rushdie, Johnetta Cole and Deborah Lipstadt.

Emory University Address

Emory University
201 Dowman Drive
Atlanta
Georgia 30322
United States of America


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