Georgia State University

Georgia State University

Former names	Georgia Tech Evening School of Commerce (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]
Motto	Veritas valet et vincet (Latin)[2]
Motto in English	Truth shall overcome [2]
Type	Public research university
Established	1913; 111 years ago (1913)
Parent institution	University System of Georgia
Accreditation	SACS
Academic affiliations	GCU ORAU PIT-UN[3][4] UIA[5] USU Space-grant
Endowment	170.8 million (2020)[6]
Budget	$1.149 billion (2020)[7]
President	M. Brian Blake[8]
Provost	Nicolle Parsons-Pollard[9]
Academic staff	1,586 (Fall 2018)[2]
Administrative staff	3,627 (Fall 2018)[2]
Students	50,521 (Fall 2023)[10]
Undergraduates	43,807 (Fall 2023)[10]
Postgraduates	6,714 (Fall 2023)[10]
Doctoral students	1,971 (Fall 2023)[10]
Location	Atlanta, Georgia , U.S.[11] 33°45′13.3″N 84°23′09.5″W / 33.753694°N 84.385972°W / 33.753694; -84.385972[12]
Campus	Urban (main campus) and suburban (Perimeter College campuses); Downtown Atlanta campus (main campus): 109.87 acres (0.445 km2); All instructional sites (including Perimeter College campuses): 440.06 acres (1.781 km2); All facilities: 771.41 acres (3.122 km2)[2]
Newspaper	The Signal
Colors	Blue and White[13]
Nickname	Panthers
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I – Sun Belt Conference and C-USA
Mascot	Pounce, the blue panther
Website	www.gsu.edu

Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia.^[14] 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, including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown.^[15]

Georgia State is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity".^[16] 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.^[17] 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.^[2][18][19] Georgia State has a $2.5 billion economic impact in Georgia.^[20]

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.