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Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and communities. As the commonwealth’s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech offers 215 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 30,000 students and manages a research portfolio of more than $450 million. 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.

Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).

At a glance ...

  • Located in Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Eight colleges and graduate school
  • 65 bachelor's degree programs
  • 150 master's and doctoral degree programs
  • 31,000 full-time students
  • 16:1 student-faculty ratio
  • Main campus includes more than 125 buildings, 2,600 acres, and an airport
  • Computing and communications complex for worldwide information access
  • Ranked 41st in university research in the United States
  • Has adjacent corporate research center
    Students study in the Ag Quad.

University Facts and Figures

 

About the University

  • Statement of Mission and Purpose
  • University Overview
  • Benchmark Institutions
  • Senior Administrative Personnel

Student Overview

  • On-Campus Enrollment Profile
  • SAT Percentile
  • Student Fees
  • Tuition and Fees History
  • Corps of Cadets

Financial Overview

  • University Budget
  • Endowment Trend Analysis

Faculty/Staff Overview

  • Average Full-Time Instructional Faculty Salaries
  • Salaried Personnel (six-year trend)

Virginia Tech Measures of Excellence

  • University rankings, general information and more.

History and Traditions

Below are links to websites that offer information on the university's history. Many more links can be found on the University Archives and Special Collections websites (both are departments within University Libraries).

What is a Hokie?

Here is the answer to that oft-posed question -- and a look at other Virginia Tech traditions.

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Campus Guide

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Campus Photos

View and download your favorite Virginia Tech snapshots.

Download 2012-13 planning calendar

The 2012-13 University Faculty and Staff Planning Calendar has been updated to include additional spring and summer events. The updated calendar is available as an easy-to-print PDF version consisting of three, 8.5-by-11-inch pages. 

The PDF version contains the same information listed on the desk-blotter sized printed version. Questions? Contact Laura Neff-Henderson.

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Virginia Tech News and Information offers a daily e-mail. The Virginia Tech News Daily E-mail is your connection to Virginia Tech news and information.

Delivered Monday through Friday, it includes the latest news, campus notices, events, and Blacksburg weather forecast, with extensive links to the Virginia Tech News website for detailed coverage.