Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University will begin operating as a new consolidated Kennesaw State University following a vote by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia during its January meeting.  The new consolidated University will maintain campuses in Kennesaw and Marietta, the current sites of Kennesaw State and Southern Polytechnic State



The wooded campus of 200 acres in Marietta, northwest of Atlanta, includes student housing. The student body is 16 percent international. The American Society for Engineering Education ranks SPSU No.1 in the nation for the number of African American students earning bachelor's degrees and master's degrees in engineering technology.