About the COE As the first chartered state university in the country in 1785, the University of Georgia has a long and distinguished history in the development and dissemination of the nation’s intellectual, cultural and environmental heritage. The College of Education, founded in 1908, is an integral part of today’s University. Perennially ranked among the [...]

Mission The mission of the College of Education at The University of Georgia is to enhance education, workforce development, health, and policy for the well-being of society through (a) the creation, communication and application of new knowledge; (b) preparation of scholars, researchers, educators and other professionals to meet the needs of our increasingly diverse, global, [...]

Faculty Recognition INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL HONORS Elected Member, National Academy of Education Jeremy Kilpatrick, Mathematics & Science Education Fellows of the American Educational Research Association Peter Smagorinsky, Language and Literacy Education Leslie Steffe, Mathematics & Science Education Fulbright Scholar to Ireland Michael Ferrara, Kinesiology Edward Fry Book Award (National Reading Conference) Peter Smagorinsky, Language & Literacy Education [...]

Founded in 1908 The University of Georgia was among the first Southern universities to establish a school of education. Today, Georgia COE delivers top-quality instruction while providing its world-class faculty a climate for both basic and applied research and a service program designed to meet the needs of the educational and health communities of Georgia [...]

Fast Facts about Teacher Education Programs

National Rankings Georgia COE’s overall graduate program is perennially ranked among the top of the nation’s public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. Our graduate programs rank individually among the nation’s best in 8 of 10 categories— 6 programs are ranked in the Top 10 and two more among the Top 15—out [...]