Emory University closes most academic and administrative offices for Winter Recess, the three days between the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Office of Undergraduate Admission will be closed from Dec. 24, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2026, reopening on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. Please check our FAQs Over Winter Break blog post for additional information and resources during this time.
Emory University Remains SAT/ACT Optional for 2025-2026. Learn more here.
Starting Fall 2026, students whose families earn $200,000 or less will pay no tuition at Emory. Learn more here.
Our admission staff travel across the U.S. and around the world to meet prospective students and families—check our travel calendar to see when Emory will be in your area and register for an event near you.
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Life on Emory’s Atlanta Campus

On Emory’s Atlanta campus, learning extends beyond the classroom through conversations, collaborations, and discoveries that shape daily life. Here, every student begins their journey in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, building a strong academic foundation while studying alongside undergraduate business and nursing students, graduate scholars, and world-leading researchers. The result is a campus alive with ideas, where cross-disciplinary thinkers connect and curiosity sparks new perspectives.

Located in Atlanta’s historic Druid Hills neighborhood, Emory’s urban residential campus offers the closeness of a traditional college setting just minutes from Midtown. Students study beneath tree-lined walkways, gather on the Quad and McDonough Field, and live at the center of campus life while stepping beyond the gates into a global city. Home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leading healthcare systems, Fortune 500 headquarters, thriving startups, and a nationally recognized arts and film scene, Atlanta becomes an extension of the classroom, providing direct access to internships, research, and cultural experiences.

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Housing and Dining

All first and second year students live on campus across 12 residence halls, making community part of daily life from the start. Study groups, late night conversations, and lasting friendships begin just steps from your classes.

With nine dining locations and flexible meal plans, campus dining keeps students connected, whether it is a quick bite between classes or dinner with friends. At Emory, where you live and eat is part of how you belong. Discover residence life and learn more about dining on the Atlanta's campus.

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Health and Well-Being

Emory students share a strong sense of belonging and purpose, supported in every dimension of their well-being. Here, growth is intellectual in small classes and research labs, emotional through trusted mentors and friendships, physical through movement and balance, and personal within a safe residential environment designed for connection.

At Emory, we believe students thrive when every part of who they are is supported. Explore well-being at Emory.

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Campus Life

Our community is vibrant, engaged, and deeply connected. Here, students don’t compete but push one another to think creatively, work cooperatively, and ensure each other’s success.  Learn more about campus life in Atlanta.

 

 

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Discover Atlanta

Atlanta is a city shaped by reinvention, symbolized by the phoenix rising on its seal. That spirit of momentum and growth defines the Emory experience.

Minutes from campus, students explore the High Museum of Art, Alliance Theatre, and the Woodruff Arts Center, or bike the 22 mile BeltLine connecting 45 neighborhoods filled with art, music, and food. Atlanta also ranks among the top U.S. cities for Fortune 500 headquarters and offers more than 3,000 internships across healthcare, business, technology, and nonprofits

At Emory, Atlanta is not just where you live. It is where you learn, create, and begin what comes next. Learn more about Atlanta.