Science and Information Systems department hosts the Center for Election Systems, which certified and monitored the direct recording electronic machines used in Georgia elections until June 2018 at the latest. This shift was initiated due in part to poor security by the center, which had accidentally exposed over 6.5 million voter records.
On December 19, 2018, KSU was classified as a doctoral research institution with R2 status, denoting high research activity.
== Campuses ==
Kennesaw State University is located on two campuses with a combined 581 acres (235 ha) of land, of which about 230 acres is located in Marietta and the remainder is located in Kennesaw. The Kennesaw campus is located adjacent to I-75 (similar to four other Georgia universities, Georgia Tech, Dalton State College, and Georgia State University, and Atlanta Metropolitan State College) where views of the campus can be seen from the highway, including Kennesaw State's University Village.
=== Kennesaw Campus ===
==== Social Sciences Building …
