Georgia State University

Georgia State University

Motto	Veritas valet et vincet (Latin)
Motto in English	Truth is Powerful and Will Conquer
Type	Public university
Established	1913
Endowment	$186 million (2015)
President	Mark P. Becker
Administrative staff	1,716
Students	53,000 (2016)
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Campus	Urban; 518 acres (2.096 km2)
Colors	Blue, White, Red
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Sun Belt Conference
Nickname	Panthers
Mascot	Pounce, the blue panther
Affiliations	University System of Georgia
Website	www.gsu.edu

Georgia State University (commonly referred to as Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the largest institution of higher education in the University System of Georgia, with a total student population of approximately 53,000, including 32,082 graduate and undergraduate students in the downtown campus as of 2015.

Georgia State University offers more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degree programs spread across eight academic colleges with around 3,500 faculty members. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Approximately 27% of the student population is considered part-time while 73% of the population is considered full-time. The university is one of only four Georgia universities classified as a 'Research University/Very High Activity', according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university has a full-time faculty count of 1,142, with 69 percent of those faculty members either tenured or on tenure track.

GSU has two libraries, University library and Law library, which hold over 4.3 million volumes combined and serve as a federal document depository. The university has an economic impact on the Atlanta economy of more than $1.4 billion annually.

Coordinates: 33°45′10″N 84°23′10″W / 33.75278°N 84.38611°W / 33.75278; -84.38611