Emory University is a leading research university that offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. Emory is home to more than 15,000 students from all 50 states and over 90 countries. The university has an endowment of nearly $7 billion and an annual budget of over $2 billion.
Emory was founded in 1836 by a group of Methodist ministers and laymen as Georgia Methodist Episcopal College. The college was named for John Emory, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The campus was originally located in Oxford, Georgia, about 60 miles east of Atlanta. In 1915, the college moved to its current location in Druid Hills, a suburb of Atlanta.
The university is divided into nine schools: Emory College of Arts and Sciences; Oxford College; Business School; Education; Law School; Medicine; Nursing; Public Health; and Theology. Emory also has several affiliated institutions, including the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Winship Cancer Institute.
Emory University is one of the top research universities in the United States. The university’s research expenditures totaled $664 million in FY 2018, ranking it 21st among all U.S. colleges and universities according to the National Science Foundation (NSF). Federal research funding to Emory totaled $380 million in FY 2018 – more than any other private university in Georgia – with major awards coming from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), NASA, and others