Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) is a public, land grant university serving the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation and the world. As the commonwealth’s most comprehensive university, Virginia Tech offers more than 240 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 32,000 students.
Founded in 1872, the university has a main campus in Blacksburg, off-campus educational facilities in six regions, a study abroad site in Switzerland and a 1,800-acre agriculture research farm near the main campus. 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.
As the state’s leading research university, Virginia Tech manages a research portfolio of $513 million. Researchers pursue new discoveries in agriculture, biotechnology, information and communication technology, human health, transportation, energy management, security, sustainability and a wide range of other engineering, scientific, social science and creative fields.
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