Athens Campus

The Athens Campus (College Experiment Station), located in Athens, Georgia, is the primary teaching institution for The University of Georgia. The University of Georgia was chartered in 1785 by the Georgia General assembly. Today at UGA more than 30,000 students pursue 67 undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees in 397 majors. The comprehensive and diverse array of courses permit a well rounded education.

The College of Agriculture, later to become the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was established by the Morrill Act of Congress in 1862. The Department of Agronomy was established in 1908 and the name was changed to the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in 1993. Under the College reorganization in 1992, the Crop and Soil Sciences departments at the three experiment stations and in the cooperative extension service were combined into one Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and the facilities at the three locations were designated as campuses.

In addition to the teaching function, the faculty at the Athens Campus are internationally recognized for their strong research and graduate training programs. The combination of the teaching and research functions provides the students with excellent educational experiences and opportunities that aren't appreciated in other schools and colleges at The University of Georgia. The research programs at the Athens Campus are centered around forage crops breeding and management, soybean breeding, crop biotechnology, weed science, turfgrass management, and environmental soil science. The environmental soil science research programs include soil-fertility, -water, and -waste management.

Follow these links to learn more about the programs at the Athens Campus:

• Laboratory for Environmental Analysis
• Alfagraze
• UGA Rhizotron