About Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech, founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution, is currently ranked in Top 25 Public University by US News & World Report and Top 25 Public Research University by the National Science Foundation. As the Commonwealth’s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech serves a diverse population of 30,000+ students and 8000+ faculty and staff from over 100 countries, and is engaged in research around the world. The 120-acre VT Corporate Research Center is home to over 100 companies and the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The College of Engineering is home to 13 departments with about 330 faculty, 7,500 undergraduate students, and 2,100 graduate students. In 2014, the College of Engineering was ranked in the top-10 in the nation for the number of BS and PhD awarded. In the most recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report the College of Engineering’s undergraduate program ranked 15th (8th among public universities), and the graduate program ranked 21st (12th among public universities).