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Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Auburn University
Auburn University seal.svg
Former names
East Alabama Male College (1856–1872)
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (1872–1899)
Alabama Polytechnic Institute (1899–1960)
Motto For The Advancement of Science and Arts
Type Public University
Flagship
Land-grant
Space-grant
Sea-grant
Established 1856
Academic affiliation
APLU
ORAU
SURA
ACES
Endowment $646.6 million (2016)
President Jay Gogue
Vice-president Donald L. Large, Jr.
Provost Timothy R. Boosinger
Academic staff
1,216 (2015)
Administrative staff
6,965 (2015)
Students 28,290 (2016)
Undergraduates 22,658 (2016)
Postgraduates 5,632 (2016)
Location Auburn, Alabama, U.S.
Campus College town, 1,843 acres (7.45 km²)
Battle Cry War Eagle
Colors Burnt Orange (PMS 172) and Navy Blue (PMS 289)
         
Athletics NCAA Division ISEC
Nickname Tigers
Mascot Aubie the Tiger
Website www.auburn.edu
Auburn University primary logo.svg
University rankings
National
ARWU NR
Forbes 196
U.S. News & World Report 99
Washington Monthly 139
Global
ARWU NR
QS 701+
Times 501–600
U.S. News & World Report 652
Auburn rankings
USNWR National University 99
USNWR National Top Publics 43
  USNWR Business Schools 63
  USNWR Education 71
  USNWR Engineering 70
  USNWR Veterinary Medicine 15
  USNWR Pharmacy 24
  USNWR Public Affairs 57
  USNWR RehabilitationCounseling 17
  USNWR Audiology 46
  USNWR psychology 103
  USNWR Public Affairs Counseling 83
  USNWR Computer Science 91
  USNWR Biology 100
  USNWR English 94

Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 22,000 undergraduate students and a total of more than 28,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of Alabama's largest universities and one of the state's two public flagship universities.

Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1872, under the Morrill Act, it became the state's first public land-grant university and was renamed as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, it became the first four-year coeducational school in Alabama, and in 1899 was renamed "Alabama Polytechnic Institute" to reflect its changing mission. In 1960, its name was changed to Auburn University to acknowledge the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university. In 1964, under Federal Court mandate, AU admitted its first African American student.

Auburn is among the few American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.

The Alabama Legislature chartered the institution as the East Alabama Male College on February 1, 1856, coming under the guidance of the Methodist Church in 1859. Its first president was Reverend William J. Sasnett, and the school opened its doors in 1859 to a student body of eighty and a faculty of ten.

Auburn's early history is inextricably linked with the Civil War and the Reconstruction-era South. Classes were held in "Old Main" until the college was closed due to the war, when most of the students and faculty left to enlist. The campus was a training ground for the Confederate Army, and "Old Main" served as a hospital for Confederate wounded.


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