Emory University is a private research university in the metropolitan area of Atlanta in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia. In addition to its three undergraduate divisions, Emory has nine graduate and professional schools, including schools of business, law, medicine, theology, nursing, and public health, as well as thirteen graduate programs in arts and sciences. It is widely considered to be one of the best universities in the...
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Emory University is a private research university in the metropolitan area of Atlanta in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia. In addition to its three undergraduate divisions, Emory has nine graduate and professional schools, including schools of business, law, medicine, theology, nursing, and public health, as well as thirteen graduate programs in arts and sciences. It is widely considered to be one of the best universities in the world today.
Emory was originally chartered in 1836 by a small group of Methodists as Emory College in honor of John Emory, a popular bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The school struggled financially until a generous land-grant by Asa Candler, the president of the Coca-Cola Company, allowed the small college to move to DeKalb County near Atlanta and become rechartered as Emory University. The philanthropy of Coca-Cola fortunes such as those belonging to the Candlers, the Woodruffs, and the Goizuetas enabled Emory's growth and...
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