Emory University is a private research university founded in 1836, with two campuses in Atlanta, Georgia and Oxford, Georgia, and an enrolment of 16,142 students. Its technical work spans biomedical research, life sciences, drug discovery and the development of new medicines, academic healthcare and clinical medicine, trauma care, and liberal arts and professional education, alongside research and scholarship more broadly. The institution operates across the higher education, academic research, healthcare and academic medicine, and biopharmaceuticals and drug development sectors, with global reach through its research, healthcare and scholarship activities.
Emory runs 140+ majors and minors through four undergraduate and seven graduate and professional schools. Its academic health sciences enterprise includes the Emory Healthcare Level 1 Trauma Center, the largest Level 1 trauma center in Georgia, and the Center for New Medicines, which translates fundamental biological discoveries into treatments. The university reports 189 Fulbright recipients in total and has been a top Fulbright producer for 10 consecutive years.
From fall 2026, Emory Advantage Plus will make undergraduate tuition free for students from families earning $200,000 or less. Emory is ranked first in the United States for quality of life by the Princeton Review (2025) and third nationally for best college dorms, and describes its academic approach as combining rigorous study with a liberal arts foundation.
