Troy University is a comprehensive public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was founded on February 26, 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System by an Act of the Alabama Legislature. It is the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) to award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, education specialist, and doctoral degrees.

The University is composed of five colleges, a graduate school, and a division of general studies, listed as follows:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Communications & Fine Arts
• College of Education
• College of Health & Human Services
• The Sorrell College of Business
• The Graduate School