Auburn University at Montgomery

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Auburn University at Montgomery has been ranked among the South's top universities by U.S. News and World Report. It was named one of the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. It is designated as a Military Friendly School and is consistently chosen as the best university area. Auburn Montgomery provides students with detailed knowledge and hands-on, practical experience, often from professionals in the field.
If it grabs you, excites you, inspires you, defines whom you want to be, you will find it in one of Auburn University at Montgomery's five colleges: College of Business, College of Education, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and College of Public Policy and Justice.
You will learn in small classes with faculty who know you and care about your progress while you get the complete college experience — building friendships, getting involved, becoming a leader, and, of course, cheering for the home team.
The state of Alabama founded AUM in 1967, at the request of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce. Then, like now, growing businesses desperately needed a deeper pool of educated employees. AUM's original mission involved the support of the government at all levels. Just seven miles east of the state capitol today, AUM supports several locals, state, and regional government functions, but our mission is much more significant.
When AUM first opened its doors to students in 1969, it was a commuter campus. Our students worked throughout the River Region, and they came to our campus for one reason — they wanted more and better opportunities to make a life for themselves and their families. Students still choose AUM for the same reason, but today, they come from all over the country — all over the world — at a variety of points in their lives to start building the lives they choose at AUM.
We serve an exciting mix of traditional and non-traditional students. Some are right out of high school, while others have been working for years. Together, they bring diverse experiences into the classroom, making for a far more exciting and dynamic learning environment. People who come to AUM are serious about their education, and they aren't here (just) for the party.
From your first days on campus, you'll be surrounded by people who take their education seriously. You'll find that you always motivate and inspire each other.
Just as Montgomery is a far different city than it was in 1967, AUM looks much different today from those early years. We still serve working and part-time students, but our first-time, full-time student population is rising. Our campus is a thriving, growing place for all types of students.
Today, we offer more than 90 fields of study at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. We have unique programs unavailable anywhere else in the region, including Geographic Information Systems, Hospitality and Tourism, Homeland Security, and Cybersystems and Information Security.
Each of our five colleges offers undergraduate and graduate classes in traditional, online, and hybrid formats, with courses offered during the day, evenings, and weekends.
At Auburn Montgomery, "our standard is excellence" isn't just our slogan. It's our mission. All five of our colleges - Business, Education, Arts and Sciences, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Public Policy and Justice - are academically challenging, providing a level of rigor and quality that you would expect in a private college. As a result, our schools are among the top performers in the state in their respective fields.
We offer the unique combination of a broad university scope while still keeping the small school feels that keeps our students coming back. We offer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and programs of study in more than 90 areas. Plus, our classes are offered days, nights, weekends, and online. But we've worked hard to keep our classes small to ensure that students receive personal attention. That's why we keep our student-faculty ratio at 16:1. It's what works best for our students.
But we're not resting on our laurels. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools recently renewed our accreditation. As part of that work, we have developed a program we call Writing Across the Curriculum. The program is built on the knowledge that written communication skills are - and will continue to be - critical for our students' success at the academic and work levels.
Thus, we have renewed our commitment to teaching writing skills in virtually all our classes. In the coming year, we will work to add the teaching of writing and the expectation of writing in all our classes. It's all part of our commitment to academic excellence.
You are about to begin one of the most critical times of your life. Applying to AUM is the first step toward getting your degree and opening a world of opportunities for your future. It's our goal to make the admission process as easy as possible.
There is more to your college experience, of course than what you learn in the classroom. Your personal experience in school will be unique, whether you live on campus or going to school at night after work. And you will grow during your time at AUM in ways that are hard to predict. There are many different facets to Campus Life, from where you might live on campus to your many great eating options. But there is so much more to your time at AUM.

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