Campus
Emory's main campus covers more than 600 acres in Atlanta's historic suburb of Druid Hills. Students, faculty, staff and visitors enjoy a peaceful, pedestrian-friendly environment, with easy proximity to one of the nation's fastest-growing metropolitan areas.
The campus features a thoughtful balance of buildings and green space. Peavine Creek, a branch of the historic Peachtree Creek, winds through maples, oaks, magnolias, pines and dogwoods that grace the gently rolling hills.
The Haygood-Hopkins Memorial Gateway marks the main entrance from Druid Hills, a gracious, park-like residential area designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead.
The original campus plan is the work of Beaux-Arts architect Henry Hornbostel. Other noted architects who have designed buildings here include John C. Portman and Michael Graves.
Among Emory's landmarks:
- The Quadrangle
- "The Quad" is the symbolic center of campus. Commencement is held here each spring, and the outdoor graduation ceremony has never been completely rained out.
- Several of the pink and gray marble-clad buildings that frame the Quad are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- The Candler Library, a gracious 1926 building recently renovated with special care, is a focal point on the Quadrangle.
- Lullwater House and Preserve
- Emory's president lives in the English Tudor mansion built in the 1920s by the son of Emory benefactor and Coca-Cola Company founder, Asa Candler.
- The public is invited to enjoy the lawns and wooded paths surrounding the president's home.
- The DUC
- Dobbs University Center is one of the main places students gather, and houses a cafeteria with tiered seating, the post office and campus life offices.
- The creative design encloses the exterior marble steps of the old student center to serve as casual seating.
Numerous environmental objectives pursued through the university's Office of Sustainability Initiatives enhance the campus experience. The Emory as Place initiative raises awareness of the campus's beauty and diversity. Emory's campus master plan protects more than half the land from development.
New buildings are designed to reflect Hornbostel's style and follow LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) guidelines. Emory has a well-established program in green building, currently having one of the largest inventories by square footage of LEED-certified green building among campuses in the nation. Current and recent construction projects include:
- Candler School of Theology and Center for Ethics Building
- Psychology Building
- Oxford Road Building: bookstore, offices and parking
- Rollins School of Public Health expansion
- Woodruff Health Sciences Administration Building renovation
- Residence housing at both the Atlanta and Oxford campuses
Two satellite campuses are a short shuttle ride from the Druid Hills campus:
- Clairmont offers undergraduate and graduate housing, with its own Student Activity and Academic Center.
- Briarcliff includes the Center for Lifelong Learning and several research centers.
The school moved to its current location from the original site just outside Atlanta, in the small town of Oxford, in the early 1900s. Emory maintains an undergraduate program at Oxford College there.
The university works with the Clifton Community Partnership, a community initiative between Emory and its surrounding neighborhoods, to maintain a vibrant and balanced neighborhood.
