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Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Seal
Former names
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
(1872-1896)
Motto Ut Prosim (Latin)
Motto in English
That I May Serve
Type Public
Land-Grant
Space-Grant
Sea-Grant
Senior Military College
Established 1872
Endowment $817.8 million (2015)
President Timothy D. Sands
Provost Thanassis Rikakis
Academic staff
1,395
Students 30,598
Undergraduates 25,318
Postgraduates 5,280
Location Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.
37°13.5′N 80°25.5′W / 37.2250°N 80.4250°W / 37.2250; -80.4250Coordinates: 37°13.5′N 80°25.5′W / 37.2250°N 80.4250°W / 37.2250; -80.4250
Campus Rural
2,600 acres (11 km2; 4.1 sq mi)
Operating Budget $1.35 billion
Colors Chicago maroon and burnt orange
         
Athletics NCAA Division IACC
Nickname Hokies
Mascot HokieBird
Affiliations
Website www.vt.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 99–119
Forbes 118
U.S. News & World Report 70
Washington Monthly 30
Global
ARWU 301–400
QS 361
Times 251–300
U.S. News & World Report 249

USNWR professional/grad ranking

Master in Information Technology 2
Technical Vocational Education 5
Biological / Agricultural Engineering 7
Industrial / Manufacturing / Systems Engineering 7
Civil Engineering 9
Environmental / Environmental Health Engineering 10
Overall Online Engineering Program 15
Evening Master in Business Administration 16
Public Management Administration 17
Mechanical Engineering 17
Aerospace Engineering 17
Veterinary Medicine 19
Overall Engineering Program 21
Paleontology 28
Earth Science 30
Overall Public Affairs Program 37
Computer Science 40
Best College for Veterans 58
Physics 60
Mathematics 60
Chemistry 60
Psychology 67
Sociology 69
Overall Education Program 88
Biological Science 93

USNWR undergrad ranking

Engineering Science / Engineering Physics 4
Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering 5
Biomedical / Agricultural Engineering 6
Civil Engineering 9
Overall Engineering Program 15
Top Public University Overall 26
Overall Business Program 39
High School Counselor Ranking 46
Best College for Veterans 58

USNWR global ranking

Engineering 63
Plant and Animal Science 93
Material Science 194
Social Science and Public Health 198
Chemistry 200
Biology and Biochemistry 232
Best Global Universities 253

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech, is a public, land-grant, research university with a main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, educational facilities in six regions statewide, and a study-abroad site in Switzerland. Through its Corps of Cadets ROTC program, Virginia Tech is also designated as a one of six senior military colleges in the country. As the commonwealth's third-largest university, Virginia Tech offers 225 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to some 30,600 students and manages a research portfolio of $513 million, the largest of any university in Virginia. The university fulfills its land-grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, which serves as the university's governing body, comprises 13 members who are appointed by the governor of Virginia; the president of the state's Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services serves ex-officio as the 14th voting member. Serving as non-voting representatives are the presidents of the university's Faculty Senate and Staff Senate, who serve ex-officio, and an undergraduate student and a graduate student selected through a competitive review process. The university's endowment, which is managed by the Virginia Tech Foundation, topped $817 million as of 2015.

In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school in Southwest Virginia's rural Montgomery County. That same year, 250 acres (100 ha) of the Solitude Farm including the house and several farm buildings on the estate were acquired for $21,250 The commonwealth incorporated a new institution on the site, a state-supported land-grant military institute named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.


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