Emory University-Oxford College

What is the history of Emory University-Oxford College?

Emory University's Oxford College occupies the university's original campus in Oxford, Georgia. Emory began there as Emory College in 1836, before the university established its principal campus in Atlanta in the early twentieth century. Oxford subsequently developed into the two-year undergraduate college it is today.

That history explains Oxford's unusual role: students begin an Emory undergraduate education on the original campus, work toward an associate of arts degree, and ordinarily continue their studies at Emory in Atlanta. Oxford is not a separate university or a conventional four-year college with its own full range of bachelor's majors.

What are the faculties and departments at Emory University-Oxford College?

Oxford College provides the first two years of an Emory undergraduate education rather than a separate set of four-year majors. Its coursework spans the humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences, with classes that can support paths ranging from biology and economics to history and the arts.

Oxford awards the associate of arts degree. Students ordinarily continue at Emory to pursue a bachelor's degree, most commonly through Emory College of Arts and Sciences; other undergraduate pathways, including business and nursing, have their own prerequisites and admission rules. An applicant interested in one of those paths should map its requirements against Oxford's course offerings before enrolling. Oxford reported a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, a campus-level measure that should not be mistaken for a guarantee about every class size.

What is the location of Emory University-Oxford College?

Oxford College is in Oxford, Georgia, near Covington and east of Atlanta. Its smaller-town setting is a material difference from Emory's main undergraduate campus in Atlanta, where Oxford students ordinarily continue after their first two years.

Students considering internships, ROTC, events, or appointments in Atlanta should account for the trip between campuses rather than assume those activities are a short walk away. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the region's principal airport, but airport travel also requires ground transportation. With most Oxford students living on campus, daily life is more residential than commuter-oriented.

What is the mission and vision of Emory University-Oxford College?

Oxford College presents its mission as providing a liberal arts foundation within Emory University, emphasizing close engagement with faculty, intellectual inquiry, and participation in a residential academic community. Its educational role centers on the first two undergraduate years and preparation for continued study at Emory.

Emory's historical connection to the United Methodist Church is part of the institution's identity; it does not make Oxford's undergraduate curriculum a religious program. Statements about inquiry, leadership, and service describe institutional aims, not outcomes guaranteed for individual students.