Introduction
Located in the historic neighborhood of Druid Hills in Atlanta, Georgia, Emory University is a top-ranked liberal arts and research institution that is guided by its mission to ¡°create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.¡± Emory graduates creative thinkers, problem solvers, and moral leaders who work to solve some of the world¡¯s most vexing issues.
The university¡¯s 15,252 students come from nearly every US state and territory and from across the globe. Lauded for their academic achievements and commitment to service, Emory students typify the university¡¯s core values of inclusion, compassion, collaboration, integrity, optimism, and boldness. Undergraduates can pursue more than 80 majors in a curriculum based on inquiry and the nature of evidence, with many opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary scholarship, research, study abroad, and service in Atlanta, the US, and internationally. In addition to the Laney Graduate School, which offers the PhD and master¡¯s degrees in more than 40 programs across the humanities, the social sciences, biomedical and natural science, public health, nursing, and business, Emory has professional schools of business, law, medicine, nursing, public health, and theology.
Emory students enjoy the close attention and stellar teaching of a faculty that has been honored with numerous awards including the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Among them are accomplished authors, lecturers, patent holders, and researchers as well as 18 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 26 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 5 members of the National Academy of Science.
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