Old Main, 1883
1900's Dr. Charles C. Thach taught classes in the Main Building.
1856
Auburn University began as East Alabama Male College, chartered on Februrary 1, 1856, and opened in 1859 as a private liberal arts institution.
1872
Became the state’s first land-grant institution under the Morrill Act; renamed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama.
1899
With programs expanding far beyond agriculture and mechanics, the school became Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
1960
Officially became Auburn University, recognizing growth into a comprehensive research institution.
1967
Auburn University at Montgomery was created in 1967 as a separately accredited campus. After moving to a 500-acre site east of Montgomery in 1971, the campus developed rapidly.
1980s-1990s
Achieved sea- and space-grant designations, strengthening its national research profile.
- College of Agriculture 1872
- Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 1872
- Graduate School 1872
- James Harrison School of Pharmacy 1885
- College of Veterinary Medicine 1907
- College of Architecture, Design & Construction 1907
- College of Education 1915
- College of Human Sciences 1916
- College of Business 1967
- School of Nursing 1979
- School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences 1984
- College of Sciences and Mathematics 1986
- College of Liberal Arts 1986
* In 1986, the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences & Mathematics were created from the former schools of Arts & Sciences, Agriculture and Biological Sciences, and Architecture and Fine Arts.
