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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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StudentsEnrollment 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 annually2. 50 countries

• Five International Centers1. South Central Europe (Switzerland)2. Latin America (Chile)3. Caribbean (Dominican Republic)4. India5. Africa (Egypt)

• Chile

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International Programs• Research and Development

1. Global Food Security 2. Environmental Stewardship3. Information Technology

• Capacity Building1. Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Natural

Resources2. Education