Emory University

Emory University

Motto	Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam (Latin)
Motto in English	The wise heart seeks knowledge
Type	Private
Established	1836
Affiliation	United Methodist Church
Endowment	$6.684 billion (2015)
President	Claire E. Sterk
Academic staff	13,225
Students	14,513
Undergraduates	7,656
Postgraduates	6,677
Location	Druid Hills, Georgia, U.S. 33°47′28″N 84°19′24″W / 33.79111°N 84.32333°W / 33.79111; -84.32333Coordinates: 33°47′28″N 84°19′24″W / 33.79111°N 84.32333°W / 33.79111; -84.32333
Campus	Suburban 631 acres (2.6 km²)
Newspaper	The Emory Wheel
Colors	Blue
Athletics	NCAA Division III – UAA
Nickname	Eagles
Affiliations	AAU SACS ACE NAICU IAMSCU ORAU
Website	www.emory.edu

Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. In 1915, the college relocated to metropolitan Atlanta and was rechartered as Emory University. The university is the second-oldest private institution of higher education in Georgia and among the fifty oldest private universities in the United States.

Emory University has nine academic divisions: Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford College, Goizueta Business School, Laney Graduate School, School of Law, School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, and the Candler School of Theology. Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Peking University in Beijing, China jointly administer the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. The university operates the Confucius Institute in Atlanta in partnership with Nanjing University. Emory has a growing faculty research partnership with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Emory University students come from all 50 states, 6 territories of the United States, and over 100 foreign countries.