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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
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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
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Blacksburg Campus
State-of-the-art hotel and conference center
Corporate Research Center
Commuter airport
1700-acre research farm in Montgomery County
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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
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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
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Mission
Serves the Commonwealth of Virginia,
the nation, and the international
community through:
• Learning
• Discovery
• Engagement
“Ut Prosim” (That I May Serve)
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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
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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
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Virginia Tech Faculty
1,364 full-time instructional faculty
62.8% tenured
16 to 1 student-faculty ratio
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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.
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International Programs
• Education Abroad
1. 1200 students annually
2. 50 countries
• Five International Centers
1. South Central Europe (Switzerland)
2. Latin America (Chile)
3. Caribbean (Dominican Republic)
4. India
5. Africa (Egypt)
• Chile
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International Programs
• Research and Development
1. Global Food Security
2. Environmental Stewardship
3. Information Technology
• Capacity Building
1. Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Natural
Resources
2. Education
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