Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU) formerly known as, and now home of the, Medical College of Georgia (MCG), is a public academic health center, with its main campus located in the Medical District of Augusta, Georgia. It is the smallest of four research universities in the University System of Georgia (USG). In addition to the MCG Health Medical Center and the MCG Health Children's Medical Center GHSU currently has 5 undergraduate and graduate colleges the on main campus: The Medical College of Georgia, College of Dental Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, and College of Graduate Studies. In 1828, it was chartered by the state of Georgia as the Medical Academy of Georgia, with plans to offer a single course of lectures leading to a bachelor's degree. It opened the following year on October 1st at the Augusta hospital. In December 1829 the school's name was changed to the Medical Institute of Georgia by the Georgia General Assembly, and again to Medical College of Georgia in December 1833, just a few months after the first graduation. In the 1960s, the Board of Regents approved then-chairman Harry B.