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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. About Virginia Tech. Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college Comprehensive public university with the largest full-time student population in Virginia Student enrollment of 27,000 (on Blacksburg campus) More than 110 campus buildings

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  2. About Virginia Tech • Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college • Comprehensive public university with the largest full-time student population in Virginia • Student enrollment of 27,000 (on Blacksburg campus) • More than 110 campus buildings • 2,600-acre main campus • 1,700-acre agriculture research farm • Main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, 430 kilometers south of Washington, DC

  3. Blacksburg Campus • State-of-the-art hotel and conference center • Corporate Research Center • Commuter airport • 1700-acre research farm in Montgomery County

  4. Other Virginia Tech Locations • Campus settings across Virginia • Northern Virginia • Hampton Roads • Southwestern Virginia • Richmond • Danville • Agricultural Research and Extension Centers • 107 local extension offices • 4-H Centers throughout Virginia 

  5. Other Locations • Center for European Studies and Architecture in Switzerland • Graduate and Research Center in Washington, D.C., suburbs • Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center • Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, VA • Washington-Alexandria Center of the College of Architecture & Urban Studies

  6. Mission • Serves the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the international community through: • Learning • Discovery • Engagement • “Ut Prosim” (That I May Serve)

  7. Students Enrollment • Total enrollment on and off campus is over 30,000 • 78% undergraduate students • 22% graduate students Undergraduate Students • 17,492 are residents of Virginia • 6,198 are nonresidents of Virginia (includes 673 international) • Graduate Students • Over 6,000 graduate students • 4,500 masters; 1140 doctoral; 240 Veterinary Medicine • 26% are international and represent 110 countries

  8. Programs • Nine Colleges • Agriculture & Life Sciences • Architecture & Urban Studies • Science • Pamplin College of Business • Engineering • Liberal Arts & Human Sciences • Natural Resources • Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine • Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine • 200 degree programs, including: • More than 70 at the bachelor’s level • 140 at the master’s and doctoral level

  9. Virginia Tech Faculty • 1,364 full-time instructional faculty • 62.8% tenured • 16 to 1 student-faculty ratio

  10. Virginia Tech Rankings • Ranked 27th among national public universities in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2009“ • Among the top 15 schools in the nation in number of patents received • Ranked 5th in the nation in agricultural research by the National Science Foundation • College of Engineering undergraduate program is ranked 14th in the nation. • Architecture program is ranked 1st in North America • Pamplin College of Business undergraduate program is ranked 42nd among the nation’s undergraduate programs. • College of Natural Resources and Environment ranked among the top of its type in the nation.

  11. International Programs • Education Abroad • 1200 students annually • 50 countries • Five International Centers • South Central Europe (Switzerland) • Latin America (Chile) • Caribbean (Dominican Republic) • India • Africa (Egypt) • Chile

  12. International Programs • Research and Development • Global Food Security • Environmental Stewardship • Information Technology • Capacity Building • Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Natural Resources • Education

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