http://www.vt.edu/
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech was
founded in 1872. It is Virginia's largest university with 25,600 students
and it is one of the top 50 research institutions in the US.
There are eight colleges,
named agriculture, architecture, arts/sciences, business, human
resources/education, engineering, natural resources and veterinary
medicine.
Virginia Tech is offering
60 undergraduate and 110 graduate programs.
Some
Interesting Facts:
The
university offers more career options than any other
Virginia university, with
170 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
University
budget equals approximately $740 million annually.
Tech
has about 165,000 alumni from every state and about 100 countries.
Virginia
Tech produces 40 percent of the state's Ph.D.'s.
All
campus facilities, including residence halls, have high-speed connections
to voice, data, and video communications.
The
Pamplin College of Business undergraduate program has been ranked
among the top 50 undergraduate business schools in the country (tied for
38th in the latest
U.S. News and World Report
rankings).
U.S.
News & World Report
ranked Virginia Tech's undergraduate program as the 26th best among
national public universities. Of all universities - public or private -
U.S. News & World
Report ranked
Virginia Tech the 46th best value in the country.
Kiplinger
Magazine ranked Virginia Tech the 16th Best Value in Public Higher
Education in the nation.
The
National Science Foundation ranked Tech 5th in the nation in agricultural
research expenditures.
The
university's engineering
program is in the nation's top 25, according to
U.S. News & World Report.
Corporate
Research Center was
cited for best practice of technology transfer in a national study.
U.S.
News & World Report
has ranked Virginia Tech's graduate program in Public Affairs number 20
nationally.
The
university's Vocational Technology graduate education program was ranked
sixth nationally by
U.S. News & World Report.
Virginia Tech consistently ranks among the top 15 schools in the nation in
number of patents received.
16:1
student-faculty ratio
Main
campus includes 100 buildings, 2,600 acres and airport
