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702 University City Blvd. (0373) Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Ted Settle - Director, Office of Economic Development
Phone: 540-231-9940
settle@vt.edu
www.vt.edu |
ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH (VT)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a public land-grant university serving the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world community. Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia Tech is now a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest number of degree offerings in Virginia, more than 100 campus buildings, a 2,600-acre main campus, off-campus educational facilities in six regions, a study-abroad site in Switzerland, and a 1,700-acre agriculture research farm near the main campus. The campus proper is located in Blacksburg, 38 miles southwest of Roanoke, in Montgomery County. The discovery and dissemination of new knowledge are central to its mission. Through a combination of its three missions of teaching and learning, research and discovery, and outreach and engagement.
U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Graduate and Undergraduate Schools 2007
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Virginia Tech ranks 30th among national public universities. Among national universities, including such private institutions as Harvard and Yale, Virginia Tech ranks 71st.
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The Virginia Tech College of Engineering undergraduate program ranks 14th in the nation (tied with Johns Hopkins and Northwestern) among all accredited engineering schools that offer doctorates. It is eighth among engineering schools at public universities. Six of the college’s undergraduate engineering programs are ranked among the top 20 among their peer programs.
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The Pamplin College of Business undergraduate program is ranked 43rd among the nation’s undergraduate business programs and 24th among public institutions. Pamplin’s overall ranking places it in the top 10 percent of the approximately 460 U.S. undergraduate programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.
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Virginia Tech is also recognized as having one of the top 14 cooperative education and internship programs in the nation.
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The College of Engineering’s overall graduate program moved up a few notches, from 33rd to 28th among all schools of engineering, and from 18th to 17th among engineering colleges at public institutions.
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The industrial engineering graduate program in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering ranks seventh among peer programs nationally. Both the civil engineering and environmental engineering programs in the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are ranked 10th.
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The Career and Technical Education graduate program in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences’ School of Education ranks fifth among vocational and technical specialties. The program has placed among the top five a number of times and has been a top-10 selection for the past 14 years.
ACADEMICS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
VT ACADEMICS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Virginia Tech offers over 60 undergraduate and over 110 graduate degree programs from the following Colleges
To learn more about Virginia Tech academic programs and professional development opportunities:
Undergraduate Admissions | 4-year undergraduate degrees
Graduate Admissions | Graduate and doctoral degrees
Continuing and Professional Education | Short courses, seminars, workshops, training programs, and conferences to support life long learning
Registrar | Listing of current course offerings by semester.
In fiscal year 2007, Virginia Tech reported total research and development expenditures of more than $366.9 million. Its national ranking rose from 54th to 42nd. The strengths of Virginia Tech’s research capabilities include the ability of the university’s largest institutes to leverage intellectual and resource capital to achieve these ambitious goals.
The university’s institutes include the
Within this institutional context, four discovery areas of immediate strategic focus within the broad array of programs consistent with the university’s comprehensive mission have been identified for emphasis during the current planning period:
To learn more about research activities at Virginia Tech:
Office of the Vice President of Research | Information on research activities
Research Center Listing | Directory of research centers
The university will use its internationally known faculty, a broad range of research facilities, and a track record of cooperation across disciplines and organizations to help business and public and private groups worldwide address complex problems and respond to opportunities.
Frequently asked Questions about collaborating with business and Industry
Corporate and Foundation Relations | Strengthening Tech's worldwide partnerships
Corporate Research Center | Office space & assistance for companies
Management Professional Development | Customized training for businesses
Organizational & Technological Advancement | Sharing knowledge with Virginia organizations
Connect with Researchers | Finding VT faculty members for research partnerships
Virginia Tech Business Technology Center | Helps emerging and evolving technology-based businesses
Virginia Tech Intellectual Property | License VT intellectual properties
VTKnowledgeWorks | Incubator & business accelerator supporting local startups as they plan, launch & grow
Office of Economic Development | Creating successful partnerships with communities, business, and industry
Career Services for Employers | Information on recruiting or providing internship opportunities to VT students or recent graduates.
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