Emory University, located in Atlanta, the largest city in southern Georgia, was founded in 1836. It is a top private research university in the world and a member of association of american universities. It is one of the representative institutions of small-class undergraduate elite education in the United States and one of the "new Ivy League" schools in the United States. It has trained 24 Rhodes scholars and is known as "Harvard of the South". Emory's undergraduate admission competition is very fierce, and the undergraduate admission rate of 20 19 is 15%.

The whole campus maintains Italian-style classical architecture. The whole campus is covered with forest, and the buildings in the campus are all in Italian classical style, built with expensive marble, which reflects Emory's elegant and noble temperament.

Emory University advocates small class teaching and has closer communication with professors. 80% of Emory's courses have fewer than 20 students.