Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, U.S. With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In the year 1872 the college became the state's first public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama.[8] In 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. From its time of establishment the curriculum at the university was mainly focused in the fields of arts and agriculture, this trend changed under the guidance of Dr. William Leroy Broun. Dr. Broun, who taught in the classics and sciences, believed that both the disciplines were important in the overall growth of the university and the individual. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899, largely because of Dr. Broun’s beliefs in placing a scientific emphasis on liberal arts. With college continually expanding, in 1960 its name was officially changed to Auburn University expressing the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university; it had been popularly known as "Auburn" for many years. Auburn is among the few American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.
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