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Auburn
University has a proud and dynamic 146-year history.
The institution was chartered Feb. 1, 1856 and today
has a graduate and undergraduate enrollment of more
than 23,000 students, making it the largest public
institution of higher learning in Alabama. AU has
approximately 1,200 faculty.
Twelve undergraduate schools and colleges advance
the university's land-grant mission of teaching,
research and outreach. The current colleges and
schools are: College of Agriculture, College of
Architecture, Design and Construction, College of
Business, College of Education, Samuel Ginn College
of Engineering, School of Forestry and Wildlife
Sciences, College of Human Sciences, College of
Liberal Arts, School of Nursing, James Harrison
School of Pharmacy, College of Sciences and Mathematics,
College of Veterinary Medicine and Graduate School.
The
university's multi-million dollar physical complex
has grown to approximately 375 buildings on 1,840
acres. The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
conducts crop, animal and soil experimentation statewide,
and Alabama Cooperative Extension System agents
are stationed in all 67 Alabama counties.
For
more information about AU, look on the Internet
at www.auburn.edu
.