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 nation’s top research-extensive institutes, the College continues to be a center for innovative research, teaching and service projects of local, national and international interest.

One of the largest and most diverse institutions of its kind in the nation, the College offers 14 undergraduate majors and more than 30 graduate programs leading to careers as educators, counselors, psychologists, administrators, researchers, educational and health-related specialists.

These research- and practice-oriented programs are provided through its nine departments: Communication Sciences and Special Education; Counseling and Human Development Services; Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology; Elementary and Social Studies Education; Kinesiology; Language and Literacy Education; Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy; Mathematics and Science Education; and Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations.

The College offers numerous opportunities for research with highly cited faculty in its many centers, institutes and laboratories. Faculty in the College are ranked among the most productive researchers in the nation. Assistantships are available in many centers and laboratories conducting research in areas such as exceptional children, troubling behavior, assessment testing, literacy, urban and diversity education, family and child relationships, autism, stuttering, exercise science, health, physical education and sport studies.

The College’s programs prepare graduates to work with individuals from infancy through adulthood in schools, community agencies, colleges and universities. Its programs are accredited and approved by professional organizations such as: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Professional Standards Commission for State Teaching Certification, American Psychological Association, Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Professions, American College of Sports Medicine, National Association of Athletic Trainers, Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association

The college’s outstanding faculty of 203 members serves an enrollment of nearly 5,000 students (50% undergraduate, 50% graduate) per semester. At present, about 429 graduate students have assistantships within the college. The College occupies more than 300,000 square feet in Aderhold Hall, the Ramsey Student Center, River’s Crossing and various other buildings on South Campus, the fastest-growing segment of the University’s 605-acre main campus in Athens.