Auburn University

Auburn University

      public, coeducational institution of higher education located in Auburn, Alabama, U.S. The university offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and is noted for its colleges of engineering and business. Degrees in nursing, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine are also available. A branch campus in Montgomery offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in schools of business, education, liberal arts, nursing, and sciences. Auburn University's research facilities include the Space Power Institute, the Center for Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing, the National Center for Asphalt Technology, and the Forest Products Development Center. Total enrollment at the two campuses is more than 27,000.

      A land-grant (land-grant college) institution, Auburn University was chartered in 1856 and opened in 1859 as East Alabama Male College. The school was closed two years later, however, at the outset of the American Civil War and reopened in 1866. The Methodist church, which had supported it before the war, transferred control of the college to the state of Alabama in 1872. The school's name was then changed to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Women were first admitted in 1892. The name was changed to Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1899 and to Auburn University in 1960. The Montgomery campus was created in 1967, and instruction began there in 1969. Architect William Spratling (Spratling, William) was an Auburn graduate.

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