Kennesaw State University, commonly known as Kennesaw State, is a public, coeducational university part of the University System of Georgia, and is located in unincorporated Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, approximately 20 miles north of Atlanta. The president of the university is Daniel Papp, Ph.D, the University's third president. Currently, KSU is the third largest university in the University System of Georgia with nearly 20,000 students.