University of Georgia

universityFlagship,Public, research, university,Land-grant university,Regional, Sun Grant university,National Sea Grant university,National Space Grant university

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Motto	Latin: Et docere et rerum exquirere causas
Formation	1785
Headquarters	Athens(Georgia),Georgia (state),USA
Type	Flagship,Public, research, university,Land-grant university,Regional, Sun Grant university,National Sea Grant university,National Space Grant university
Other name	Bulldogs & Lady Bulldogs
The oldest public university in the United States. Public Ivy.

Located in Athens, Georgia, the ' University of Georgia is the oldest public university in the United States. There are about 34,000 students and 2,794 lecturers at the university. It has an annual budget of around 1.2 billion US dollars and is spread over a total of 327 buildings. The university is one of the best state universities in the USA (Public Ivy). Since 1931 it has been part of the University System of Georgia, administered by a Board of Regents.

The university shapes the city of Athens both culturally and politically.

The University of Georgia has distinguished alumni and attendees including current and former members of the United States Senate, members of the United States House of Representatives, a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, members of the Cabinet of the United States, U.S. ambassadors, U.S. governors, federal judges, state supreme court justices, attorneys general, members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, chairmen and chief executive officers (CEOs) of Fortune 500 companies, banks, and charitable organizations, plus many scholars including Rhodes Scholars, Gates Cambridge Scholars, Marshall Scholars, Boren Scholars, and MacArthur Fellows, as well as Pulitzer Prize winners, a United States Poet Laureate, Peabody Award winners, The New York Times Best Seller list authors, Emmy Award winners, Grammy Award winners, inventors and entrepreneurs, prominent attorneys, medical doctors, scientists and academics.