The administration building is located near the historic center of our Macon campus, a favorite gathering place for students and faculty. Mercer University was founded in 1833 in Penfield, Georgia, under the leadership of prominent Georgia Baptist leader Jesse Mercer.

The first president of the University was
a Physics Professor -- Billington M. Sanders.

The University moved to Macon in 1873. The second-largest Baptist-affiliated institution in the world, Mercer is the only independent university of its size in the country that combines programs in liberal arts, business, engineering, education, medicine, pharmacy, law and theology. For eight consecutive years, Mercer has been ranked among the top 15 regional colleges and universities in the South by U.S. News and World Report. The University operates a campus in Macon and the Cecil B. Day campus in Atlanta and operates three other Regional Academic Centers (Douglas County, Eastman and Henry County).