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The School of Computing at the University of Georgia, formerly known as the Computer Science Department, is jointly administered by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering following a proposal to elevate the department into its own school due to rapid growth in the major. While the original Computer Science department was established in 1984, the School of Computing was established on July 1, 2022. The university has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security, one of 71 institutions nationwide to hold the designation. The graduate computer science program was ranked 76th in the United States in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
