The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, and commonly referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American land-grant university and sea grant research university. Its primary campus is located on a 759-acre (3.07 km²) campus in Athens, Georgia, USA. It is considered Georgia's flagship university. The university is ranked 20th overall among all public national universities in the current 2014 U.S. News & World Report rankings consistently ranks within the top 500 international universities worldwide across numerous publications. While having high marks, including top 10 evaluations in particular fields of various studies.