Auburn University

Auburn University
	Campus from above
Motto	"For the advancement of science and arts"
Type	Public
Established	1856
Endowment	$1.1 billion (2023)
President	Christopher B. Roberts
Academic staff	1,432 (2021)
Administrative staff	3,915 (2021)
Students	33,015
Undergraduates	26,874
Postgraduates	6,141
Location	Auburn, Alabama, United States
Campus	Suburban
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FBS
Mascot	Aubie the Tiger ORAU, SEC
Website	www.auburn.edu

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Auburn University is a university in the U.S. state of Alabama. Auburn University is in the city of Auburn, Alabama. People can usually just say Auburn for short when they are talking about the University. There are about 33,000 students in school at Auburn.

Auburn opened February 1, 1856 but was named the East Alabama Male College. The university changed the name many times until 1960 when it was named Auburn University. Auburn is one of three large universities in Alabama. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama has the same number of students and the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama is the third largest. Auburn University has 12 colleges on campus, including agriculture, architecture, business, education, engineering, forestry, human sciences, liberal arts, nursing, pharmacy, mathematics, and medicine.

The Auburn University sports teams are named the Auburn Tigers and the mascot is a tiger named Aubie.

Auburn University Media

"Old Main", the first building on Auburn's campus, was destroyed by fire in 1887.
Samford Hall in the 1890s
API Cadets drill on Ross Square in 1918.
Current Auburn Athletics logo
Hargis Hall, built in 1888 and named after Estes H. Hargis. Located on the main campus at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama LCCN2010639187.tif

Hargis Hall, built in 1888 and named after Estes H. Hargis
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Katharine Cooper Cater Hall
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Samford Hall houses administrative offices.
Ross Chemistry Laboratory on the Auburn University campus, Alabama LCCN2010639196.tif

Ross Hall, home to Auburn's Department of Chemical Engineering
AU Camp War Eagle 2021.jpg

Auburn's 2021 "Camp War Eagle" summer orientation for first-time freshmen
Aubie-01.jpg

Aubie, the Auburn University mascot

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