Augusta University

What is the history of Augusta University?

Augusta University is a public research university in Augusta, Georgia, formed in 2013 by the consolidation of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University. It adopted the Augusta University name in 2015. The merger brought a broad undergraduate institution together with an established health-professions and medical-education center.

The medical institution traces its origins to the Medical Academy of Georgia, founded in 1828; its medical school is now the Medical College of Georgia. Augusta State's history includes earlier local educational institutions and its development as a public university. Those separate histories help explain why Augusta University has both traditional arts-and-sciences programs and a substantial concentration of clinical, professional, and biomedical programs.

What are the faculties and departments at Augusta University?

Augusta University organizes its academic programs across colleges and schools spanning health care, sciences, humanities, business, education, and computing. Students should identify the college that offers their intended major: admission to the university does not necessarily mean immediate admission to a selective professional program.

Its academic units include the Medical College of Georgia, Dental College of Georgia, College of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Hull College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, School of Public Health, and The Graduate School. Undergraduate choices include biology, psychology, business, education, nursing, and computer-related fields; graduate and professional study includes medicine, dentistry, and other health disciplines. Clinical placements, licensure prerequisites, and separate applications can affect a student's path through particular programs.

What is the location of Augusta University?

Augusta University is based in Augusta, an eastern Georgia city near the South Carolina border. Its Summerville Campus and Health Sciences Campus serve different parts of the institution, while additional facilities support activities such as cybersecurity education and research. Applicants should check where their classes and clinical work would actually take place rather than assuming every program meets on one campus.

The setting combines an established city neighborhood around Summerville with a medical district around the health sciences facilities. Travel between locations, parking arrangements, and clinical-site assignments may matter to commuters. Augusta Regional Airport serves the area, although everyday transportation planning is likely to be more important than airport access for most students.

What is the mission and vision of Augusta University?

Augusta University describes its mission in terms of education, research, health care, and service. Its stated vision emphasizes the relationship among those activities rather than treating its medical enterprise and other academic programs as unrelated institutions.

For a prospective student, that purpose is visible in the combination of undergraduate study, professional preparation, clinical training, and research. The university is a public institution, not a religiously affiliated college. A mission statement expresses institutional priorities; it does not, by itself, establish what any individual student will experience in a classroom or clinical placement.