Emory University
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private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Emory University is an educational and funding institution located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was established in 1836 and maintains active status. The university operates under the legal name EMORY UNIVERSITY within the jurisdiction of US-GA.
The institution serves a student body of 14,915 individuals and employs 12,953 people. Its admission rate is recorded at 0.19, with an admission yield rate of 0.25.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Emory University is referenced by 3,878 other articles, and connects out to World War II, Tenzin Gyatso and African Americans.
The entry is geolocated on the map in GA.
It sits within the topics 1836 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state), Affirming Christian universities and colleges in the United States and Druid Hills, Georgia.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Motto
- Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam ( Latin )
- Motto in english
- The wise heart seeks knowledge
- Type
- Private research university
- Established
- 1836 ; 190 years ago ( 1836 )
- Accreditation
- SACS
- Religious affiliation
- United Methodist Church
- Academic affiliations
- AAU COFHE GRA GUSI IAMSCU NAICU ORAU
- Endowment
- $12 billion (2025)
- President
- Leah Ward Sears (interim)
- Total staff
- 32,594 (2020), includes approx. 24,000 health care employees
- Students
- 15,909 (fall 2022)
- Undergraduates
- 8,155 (fall 2022)
- Postgraduates
- 7,754 (fall 2022)
- Campus
- Large city , 631 acres (255 ha)
- Other campuses
- Oxford Online
- Newspaper
- The Emory Wheel
- Colors
- Blue and gold
- Sports nickname
- Eagles
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1836
- Location
- Atlanta, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.189967.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7398
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Emory
- Religion
- United Methodist Church
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Druid Hills
- Headquarters
- Atlanta
- Industry
- higher education
- Employees
- 12953
- Revenue
- 7310968615
- Location
- Druid Hills
- Official website
- emory.edu
- Image
- Candler School of Theology.JPG
- Students count
- 14915
- Admission rate
- 0.19
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- Commons category
- Emory University
- topic's main category
- Category:Emory University
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- postal code
- 30322
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Emory University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Emory University faculty
- street address
- 408 Administration Building, 201 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322
- endowment
- 11031029429
- API endpoint URL
- login.emory.edu/idp/shibboleth
- social media followers
- 60054
- total assets
- 22212258173
- admission yield rate
- 0.25
- language used
- English language
- academic calendar type
- semester
- P12749
- Autosan
- donations
- 1199613458
- ranking
- 196
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Druid Hills
- post town
- Atlanta, GA
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Encyclopedic overview
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campus is in Druid Hills, four miles (six kilometers) from downtown Atlanta.
Emory University comprises nine undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, including Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Oxford College, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University School of Law, Rollins School of Public Health, Candler School of Theology, and Laney Graduate School. Emory University enrolls nearly 16,000 students from the U.S. and over 100 foreign countries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emory University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.