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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
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About Virginia Tech
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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