The University of Georgia (UGA), founded in 1785, describes itself as Georgia’s oldest institution of higher education and works under a land-grant and sea-grant mission. Its main campus is in Athens, and UGA reported total enrolment of 43,888 in fall 2025.
Agricultural teaching and research are led by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), which dates from 1859 and has classrooms, laboratories and facilities on UGA campuses in Athens, Griffin and Tifton. Its departments include crop and soil sciences, entomology, horticulture, plant pathology, poultry science and agricultural and applied economics. CAES runs three Agricultural Experiment Stations: College Station in Athens, the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton, where researchers work with USDA-ARS scientists, and the Georgia Station in Griffin. UGA Cooperative Extension, founded in 1914, shares research through county agents and specialists. CAES has a Director of Industry Partnerships for companies seeking research or commercial collaboration. Forestry is taught in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, which dates from 1906.