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Georgia State University
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<p>Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta</a>, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it is one of the <a href="/facts/University_System_of_Georgia/FtIxbJuf">University System of Georgia</a>'s four research universities. It is also the second largest institution of higher education by enrollment based in Georgia with a student enrollment of around 50,000, including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus <a href="/facts/Downtown_Atlanta/9QzoTa0m">downtown</a>. </p><p>Georgia State is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among "<a href="/facts/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States/09FfyUgE">R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research spending and doctorate production</a>". The university is the most comprehensive public institution in Georgia, offering more than 250-degree programs in over 100 fields of study spread across 10 academic colleges and schools. Georgia State has two libraries: <a href="/facts/Georgia_State_University_Library/N8QnJELC">University Library</a>, which is split between Library North and Library South on the main campus and also divided among the <a href="/facts/Perimeter_College_at_Georgia_State_University/Gh8axmex">Perimeter College</a> campuses, and Law Library, which is located on the main campus. Together, both libraries contain over 13 million holdings and serve as federal document depositories. Georgia State has a $2.5 billion economic impact in Georgia. </p><p>Georgia State University's intercollegiate athletics teams, the <a href="/facts/Georgia_State_Panthers/n187qSX1">Georgia State Panthers</a>, compete in <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I/fJv6wUW1">NCAA Division I</a>'s <a href="/facts/Sun_Belt_Conference/XYwgezLE">Sun Belt Conference</a>. Georgia State is a founding member of the Sun Belt Conference. </p>