University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in , United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the first state-chartered public university in the United States.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: public university located in Athens, Georgia, United States
  • Also known as: Franklin College”, “Franklin College of Arts and Sciences”, “UGA”, and “uga.edu
  • Address: Athens, GA 30602

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Georgia Museum of Art and Stegeman Coliseum.

Museum
The is an art museum in , United States, associated with the University of Georgia. The museum is both the university's academic museum and, since 1982, the official art museum of the state of Georgia. is situated 1,300 feet east of University of Georgia.

, formerly known as Georgia Coliseum, is a 10,523-seat multi-purpose arena in , . The arena opened in 1964 in honor of Herman Stegeman. is situated 1,400 feet northwest of University of Georgia.

Stadium
Dooley Field at is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in , United States. The 93,033-seat is the ninth-largest American football stadium in the NCAA, and the 15th-largest such stadium in the world. is situated 3,400 feet north of University of Georgia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Five Points and Athens.

Neighborhood
is a retail corridor and neighborhood in , centered on the intersection of Milledge Avenue and Lumpkin Street. It occupies the South-Southwest edge of the University of Georgia campus.

Photo: Rob, CC BY 2.0.
is a vibrant college town of 127,000 people in the Classic Heartland region of . is most popular in the late summer and fall when students, families of students or college football fans visit the University of Georgia.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there. It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896. is situated 2½ miles northwest of University of Georgia.

University of Georgia

Latitude
33.94043° or 33° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
-83.3744° or 83° 22′ 28″ west
Elevation
673 feet (205 metres)
Inception
1801
Operator
University System of Georgia
Open location code
865RWJRG+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 497509577
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Geo­Names ID
4227985
Wiki­data ID
Q761534
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“University of Georgia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Universiteit van Georgia
  • Arabic: جامعة جورجيا
  • Armenian: Ջորջիայի համալսարան
  • Asturian: UGA
  • Asturian: Universidá de Georgia
  • Azerbaijani: Corciya Universiteti
  • Belarusian: Універсітэт Джорджыі
  • Belarusian: Унівэрсытэт Джорджыі
  • Catalan: Universitat de Geòrgia
  • Chinese: 佐治亚大学
  • Chinese: 喬治亞大學
  • Croatian: University of Georgia
  • Czech: Georgijská univerzita
  • Dutch: Universiteit van Georgia
  • Dutch: University of Georgia
  • Egyptian Arabic: جامعة جورجيا
  • Esperanto: Universitato de Georgio
  • Estonian: Georgia Ülikool
  • Finnish: Georgian yliopisto
  • French: Université de Géorgie
  • German: University of Georgia
  • Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο της Τζόρτζια
  • Hebrew: אוניברסיטת ג’ורג’יה
  • Hungarian: Georgiai Egyetem
  • Indonesian: Universitas Georgia
  • Irish: Ollscoil Georgia
  • Italian: Università della Georgia
  • Japanese: ジョージア大学
  • Korean: 조지아 대학교
  • Latin: Universitas Georgiae
  • Malayalam: യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി ഓഫ് ജോർജിയ
  • Marathi: जॉर्जिया विद्यापीठ
  • Marathi: युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ जॉर्जिया
  • Norwegian Bokmål: University of Georgia
  • Norwegian: University of Georgia
  • Persian: دانشگاه جورجیا
  • Polish: University of Georgia
  • Polish: Uniwersytet Georgii
  • Portuguese: Universidade da Geórgia
  • Russian: Университет Джорджии
  • Serbian: Универзитет Џорџије
  • Serbo-Croatian: Univerzitet u Džordžiji
  • Slovak: Georgijská univerzita
  • Slovenian: Univerza Georgie
  • South Azerbaijani: جورجیا بیلیم‌یوردو
  • Spanish: Universidad de Georgia
  • Swedish: University of Georgia
  • Tagalog: Unibersidad ng Georgia
  • Tamil: ஜோர்ஜியா பல்கலைக்கழகம்
  • Tatar: Җорҗия үнивирситите
  • Turkish: Georgia Üniversitesi
  • Ukrainian: Університет Джорджії
  • Urdu: یونیورسٹی آف جارجیا
  • Vietnamese: Đại học Georgia
  • Vietnamese: UGA
  • Welsh: Prifysgol Georgia

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