AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY-WE ARE COMMITTED TO INFUSING A CULTURE OF CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
A 10-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY WITH 195 YEARS OF HISTORY
As the state’s flagship health sciences and medical research university, home of the state’s Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, and one of the country’s leading universities for student success, Augusta University is unraveling the complexities of health and humanity to improve the lives of all Georgians.
Located in the historic city for which it is named and on regional campuses across the state, Augusta University is a dynamic, comprehensive research university offering more than 160 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs across 11 colleges and schools.
Since 2015, Augusta University has achieved eight consecutive years of enrollment growth totaling 27%, a 32% increase in degrees awarded, a 35% increase in academic programs, a 38% increase in funding from the National Institutes of Health, and a 48% increase in economic impact.
Georgia’s fastest-growing research university, Augusta University provides a personalized learning and discovery environment that creates a sense of belonging and encourages involvement and growth, combining critical and creative thinking with practical experiences and community engagement to prepare students from all backgrounds for lifelong success.
Augusta University is committed to infusing a culture of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship throughout all of its colleges and schools and was recently ranked in top 5% of all U.S. higher education institutions for social mobility.
LEARNING AND DISCOVERY TO ENRICH LIFE
Home to the Medical College of Georgia, one of the country’s largest and oldest medical schools, Augusta University’s Health Sciences Campus is at the forefront of health care innovation. Located in Augusta’s medical district, the campus also houses the state’s largest College of Nursing, the College of Allied Health Sciences, the College of Science and Mathematics, the Graduate School and the state’s only dental school, The Dental College of Georgia.
A partnership with Wellstar MCG Health allows Augusta University to take part in innovative clinical care, training and research while adopting a successful model of community-based health systems and academic medical centers, such as MCG and its teaching hospitals. Seeking to address real problems in real time, Augusta University is dedicated to streamlining the development of new treatments and solutions to myriad problems.
The Georgia Cancer Center unites research, clinical trials and patient care to serve the people of Georgia and beyond. Notably, the center focuses on helping rural and underserved populations. Since 1995, the Vascular Biology Center has broken new ground in exploring cardiovascular disease. The center has the distinction of receiving a record number of multiple-investigator R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.
The Immunology Center of Georgia is a new research enterprise that pioneers ways for the body to marshal its immune defenders and attackers to defeat threats to human health. In partnership with the best clinicians and scientists around the world, the center is working to advance exploration, uncover knowledge and prepare the next generation of immunologists — all to benefit people everywhere.
MULTIPLE CAMPUSES, ONE UNIVERSITY, GLOBAL IMPACT
Through research pursuits across a wide variety of disciplines, Augusta University’s faculty, staff and students are helping to solve pressing health, security, economic and societal concerns locally, regionally and across the state. With locations throughout Augusta and at satellite campuses in Athens, Albany, Rome and Savannah, the university’s colleges and schools have a truly statewide impact in Georgia.
Multiple research facilities, a collaborative research environment and outstanding clinical resources place Augusta University at the leading edge of new scientific advancements, targeting diseases that directly impact the patient population. Training is enhanced through affiliations with more than 350 clinics and regional partners. Nearly 50% of the college’s medical degree graduates remain in Georgia to practice.
Research students train alongside expert faculty who conduct basic, translational and clinical research on multiple health concerns and make significant discoveries year after year. Based on the number of faculty, the college is one of the most successfully funded university research enterprises in the country.
Augusta University was the first Georgia institution to win the DoD cyber scholarship award and is one of only three universities to earn the 2023 CSO50 Award given for exceptional cybersecurity and thought leadership contributions to the field.
Augusta University has become a destination for aspiring cybersecurity professionals, a testing ground for cutting-edge technologies, and a space for fostering cyber partnerships and knowledge exchange, largely due to the proximity to Fort Eisenhower and relationships with Department of Defense bases. With these developments, in 2019 Augusta was recognized as one of the top 10 hubs for cybersecurity in the world.
Augusta University’s academic mission and research mission are indelibly linked – whether connecting undergraduate and graduate health professions students to NIH-funded research studies or cyber security students to public and private partnership initiatives at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center.
Nestled along the Savannah River, the Riverfront Campus is located in Augusta’s growing cybersecurity corridor and houses the state owned Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, a state-of-the-art cyber center that serves as the home of AU’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences. The Georgia Cyber Center also houses units groups from Augusta Technical College, Army Cyber Command, the Department of Defense, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Center, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and numerous cybersecurity industry leaders, all working in tandem to meet the current and future workforce needs of private industry, as well as federal, state and local government.
The Georgia Cyber Center is home to the cutting-edge Georgia Cyber Range, numerous cyber training programs, a 340-seat auditorium, secure briefing space, incubator space for innovation and entrepreneurship, and classrooms. The campus fosters innovation and entrepreneurship while serving as a hub for technology startups. Resident partners can leverage the center’s strategic resources while benefiting from the world-class collaboration between industry SME’s, startup companies, academic institutions, and federal/state government entities.
SRNL has established its Critical Infrastructure, Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Laboratory at the Georgia Cyber Center. SRNL’s ability to conduct research and development in an innovative and collaborative environment with a full spectrum of partners opens up many opportunities to include cybersecurity solutions to enhance the resiliency of the national grid, training for soldiers, medical industry cybersecurity challenges, and a host of other challenges confronting our nation.
The AU /SRNL partnership will focus on three key areas that are crucial to the security of not only our region or state, but also the nation and world at large. Those areas of focus include education and workforce development, collaborative research and technology development, and efforts to influence global security issues.
The university’s multi-disciplinary research enterprise and corporate, community and government partnerships propel frontier-expanding discovery and real-world solutions that address critical health, security, economic and societal concerns to advance and enrich the human experience.
