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The Health Sciences Campus is situ-ated in Augusta’s Medical District and is home to fi ve of the nine colleges in-cluding Allied Health Sciences, Dental Medicine, Graduate School, Nursing, and the Medical College of Georgia. The 171-acre campus is shared with GRHealth, offering regionally based primary and specialty patient care. The vision of the Health Sciences Campus is to become a fully integrat-ed and residential health sciences education, research and patient care environment for undergraduates, graduates, and professional students.

Measured Growth

The Health Sciences Campus an-ticipates growth in all fi ve colleges. Signifi cant increases are projected for the Medical College of Georgia. Targeted growth areas include new professional degree programs, a 50 percent increase in research facul-ty, and additional faculty growth to support programs in the academic and clinical missions. Additionally, the College of Nursing anticipates a 75 percent growth in student enroll-ment with new programs to meet the statewide demand for trained and degreed professionals. The College of Dental Medicine and the College

of Allied Health Sciences also project new program offerings, expansion in clinical faculty, residency programs, and funded research needs. In to-tality, these growth targets, and the spatial needs they imply, suggest that the Health Sciences Campus is poised for transformational change.

Creating a Comprehensive Campus

Unlike the Summerville Campus, the Health Sciences Campus has phys-ical growth capacity but currently lacks clear organization. One of the central planning challenges for this campus is to successfully incorporate

Health Sciences Campus Vision

2023 Vision for the Health Sciences Campus

LEGENDParking Lot

New Construction

Proposed Sidewalk

Existing Building

Major Relocation

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these new program elements into a well composed, comprehensive, and legible campus. To achieve this vision, several critical components must be integrated into the campus.

First, a realignment of facilities and programs is necessary to reinforce the academic-research-clinical con-tinuum. As an enabling project, relocating the College of Science and Mathematics to the Health Sciences Campus would provide a physical and curricular bridge between the cam-puses and programs. This migration is envisioned to fully integrate the existing activities of health sciences

and medical education with the core liberal arts and professional education offered at the Summerville Campus. Moreover, it adds contemporary class laboratory and research laboratory space for undergraduate and graduate activities.

Second, all new, on-campus residen-tial housing and related student life amenities should be focused on the Health Sciences Campus. This in-cludes undergraduate residence halls in addition to graduate housing with a variety of amenities and housing typologies based on the student popu-lation being served. The concentration

of student housing would allow the development of amenities such as din-ing to be financially sustainable and provide opportunities for community building through increased indoor and outdoor recreation, and amenities for student gathering and socializing.

Third, there is a need to create an improved outdoor environment with vibrant pedestrian networks, open spaces, and complete academic neigh-borhoods. This will benefit not only residential students, but the entire campus community.

Proposed South Academic Quad

J Harold Harrison M.D. Education Commons

Future Academic Building

Future College of Science and Mathematics Building