Auburn University was founded in 1856. It is located in Auburn University Town, Alabama, about an hour and a half drive from Atlanta, the largest city in the southeastern United States. It is the largest university in the state, the first traditional white university in the state to admit black students, and one of the century-old prestigious schools in the southern United States. Auburn University has many active and outstanding alumni from all walks of life. Celebrities such as Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and jimmy wales, founder of Wikipedia, all graduated from this university. The city where Auburn University is located is Auburn, a famous American university town. In 20 15, American News and World Report selected Auburn as "Top Ten Livable Cities in America". Princeton Review also rated Auburn University as "Top Ten Universities with Quality of Life". The school has a 240,000-square-foot leisure and recuperation center, one third of which is an indoor runway and gym, a virtual golf simulator, a sauna for 40 people and a swimming pool. In 20 13, Auburn University ranked 82nd in the US NEWS ranking of American universities and was one of the top 100 traditional universities in the United States. The school has 12 colleges, covering more than 140 majors, and provides the only public support projects in many fields such as agriculture, forestry, architecture, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. In particular, it has strong research projects in schools of literature, science, mathematics, business, education and engineering. Auburn University has its own civil airport, and it is also one of the few universities in the United States that have received government funding for scientific research land, sea area and space. In addition, Auburn University has excellent sports performance, and its tigers have dominated NCAA venues many times.