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Former names | Evening School of Commerce of Georgia Institute of Technology (1913–1947) Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia (1947–1955) Georgia State College of Business Administration (1955–1961) Georgia State College (1961–1969)[1] DeKalb College (1964–1972) DeKalb Community College (1972–1997) Georgia Perimeter College (1997–2016)[2] |
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Motto | Veritas valet et vincet (Latin)[3] |
Motto in English | "Truth shall overcome"[3] |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 1913 |
Parent institution | University System of Georgia |
Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $170.8 million (2020)[7] |
Budget | $1.149 billion (2020)[8] |
President | M. Brian Blake[9] |
Provost | Nicolle Parsons-Pollard[10] |
Academic staff | 1,586 (fall 2018)[3] |
Administrative staff | 3,627 (fall 2018)[3] |
Students | 50,521 (fall 2023)[11] |
Undergraduates | 43,807 (fall 2023)[11] |
Postgraduates | 6,714 (fall 2023)[11] |
1,971 (fall 2023)[11] | |
Location | , , United States[12] 33°45′13.3″N 84°23′09.5″W / 33.753694°N 84.385972°W[13] |
Campus | Large city, 109.87 acres (0.445 km2) (main campus); 440.06 acres (1.781 km2) (all instructional sites); 771.41 acres (3.122 km2) (total)[3] |
Other campuses | |
Newspaper | The Signal |
Colors | Blue and white[14] |
Nickname | Panthers |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | Pounce the Blue Panther |
Website | www |
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Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia.[15] 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 by enrollment based in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation with a student enrollment of around 50,000, which includes approximately 21,000 undergraduate Perimeter College students, and 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown.[16]
Georgia State is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity".[17] The university is the most comprehensive public institution in Georgia, offering more than 250-degree programs in over 100 fields of study spread across 10 academic colleges and schools.[18] Georgia State has two libraries: University Library, which is split between Library North and Library South on the main campus and also divided among the Perimeter College campuses, and Law Library, which is located on the main campus. Together, both libraries contain over 13 million holdings and serve as federal document depositories.[3][19][20] Georgia State has a $2.5 billion economic impact in Georgia.[21]
Georgia State University's intercollegiate athletics teams, the Georgia State Panthers, compete in NCAA Division I's Sun Belt Conference. Georgia State is a founding member of the Sun Belt Conference.
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