The University of Georgia, a land-grant and sea-grant university with state-wide commitments and responsibilities, is the state\'s flagship institution of higher education. It is also the state\'s oldest, most comprehensive and most diversified institution of higher education. Its motto, \"to teach, to serve and to inquire into the nature of things,\" reflects the university\'s integral and unique role in the conservation and enhancement of the state\'s and nation\'s intellectual, cultural and environmental heritage.As a comprehensive land-grant and sea-grant institution, UGA offers baccalaureate, master\'s, doctoral and professional degrees .

The university attracts students nationally and internationally as well as from within Georgia. It offers the state\'s broadest array of possibilities in graduate and professional education, and thus a large minority of the student body is post-baccalaureate. For more information go to http://www.uga.edu/profile/mission.html.