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The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in the United States. [9] It is the flagship school of the University System of Georgia. [10]
Founded in 1785, the University of Georgia awarded its first graduate degree, a Master of Arts, nearly a century later in 1870. The first Master of Arts curriculum was put in place in 1868 during the administration of Chancellor Andrew A. Lipscomb, and the first graduate degrees were awarded in 1870 to Washington Dessau, future chancellor Walter Barnard Hill, and Burgess Smith. [5]
The School of Public and International Affairs, also referred to as SPIA, is a political science, international affairs and public policy school within The University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. It is the fourth ranked public affairs school in the United States. [1]
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Recent developments such as electronic filing via the Common Application, now used by about 800 schools and handling 25 million applications, have facilitated an increase in the number of applications per student. [6] [7] Around 80 percent of applications were submitted online in 2009. [8]
UGA alumnus Charles S. Sanford Jr. gave the largest donation for the building that bears his family’s name. Caldwell Hall was built in 1981. [44] The classroom building is named for Harmon W. Caldwell, a UGA alumnus who served as university president from 1948 to 1964 and chancellor of the University System of Georgia from 1948 to 1964. [45]
The University of Georgia School of Law (Georgia Law) is the law school of the University of Georgia, a public research university in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859, making it one of the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. [5] Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023. [3] [6]
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