FACTS CARD - University Relations - Virginia Tech

APPLICATION DATES
Applying for Deadline Notified by
Early Decision Nov. 1 Dec. 15
Fall (First Year) Jan. 15 April 1
Fall (Transfer) Feb. 15 May 1
Spring (All) Oct. 1 Nov. 15
TUITION AND FEES* (2009-10)
$8,605 (undergraduate, in-state)
$21,878 (undergraduate, out-of-state)
$10,228 (graduate, in-state)
$17,928 (graduate, out-of-state)
$9,811 (graduate, off-campus studies, in-state)
$17,725 (graduate, off-campus studies, out-of-state)
$18,415 (Veterinary Medicine, Virginia and Maryland residents)
$40,607 (Veterinary Medicine, out-of-state)
$5,824 (room and board, average)
*All fees are subject to change.
FINANCIAL AID
More than 70 percent of Virginia Tech’s students
receive some form of financial aid. The university
administers a comprehensive financial aid
program that totals more than $346 million for
undergraduate and graduate students. Aid is
offered to qualifying students in the form of
scholarships, grants, loans, and work opportunities.
Check with the Office of University Scholarships
and Financial Aid for application deadlines.
Web: www.finaid.vt.edu
E-mail: finaid@vt.edu
VISITORS WELCOMED
Information and free parking passes are
available at the Visitor Information Center on
Southgate Drive. Campus tours are offered
by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions,
located in Burruss Hall and open Monday–
Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday hours vary.
For more details on group information
sessions and walking tours, call Admissions
at 540/231-6267 or visit www.admiss.vt.edu.
DIRECTIONS
Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Va.,
about 38 miles southwest of Roanoke. To
reach the campus from Interstate 81, take
Exit 118B (Blacksburg) onto U.S. Route 460
West to Blacksburg. At the first stoplight, take
a right onto Southgate Drive. To reach the
campus from U.S. Route 460 East, take a left
at the stoplight at the intersection with
Southgate Drive. A large campus map is
located near the Southgate entrance, and the
Visitor Information Center is a quarter of a
mile down the road on the right. The center
issues free—but required—visitor parking
passes; passes are not needed on Saturdays
and Sundays.
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution
FULL-TIME
INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY
Approximately 1,364
STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO
16:1
UNIVERSITY BUDGET
$1.04 billion (FY2009-10)
PRIVATE GIVING
$79.1 million (FY2008-09)
ALUMNI
Approximately 205,000 from
every state and about 100 countries
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Two semesters and
two summer sessions
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Web: www.vt.edu
TELEPHONE NUMBERS (All area code 540)
General Switchboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-6000
(TTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-3749
Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-6267
(TTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231- 9175
Alumni Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-6285
Athletic Ticket Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231- 6731
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800/VATECH4
Campus Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-6411
Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-6241
Graduate Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-6691
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .877/453-1405
Scholarships and Financial Aid . . . . . . 231-5179
The Inn at Virginia Tech & Skelton
Conference Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231-8000
University Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-2801
University Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-5396
Visitor Information Center . . . . . . . . . . 231-3548
TTY users who need to contact other offices
should use the Virginia Relay Service at
800/828-1120.
If you are a person with a disability and desire
assistance or accommodation, please notify the
appropriate office.
www.vt.edu
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY
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Produced by the Office of University Relations
2009 10
FACTS
CARD

Since its founding as a
land-grant college in 1872,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University,
popularly known as Virginia
Tech, has evolved into a
center of innovation and
creativity that changes the
future. The state’s leading
research institution, Virginia
Tech is also a university of
challenging academic choices.
Through its mission of
teaching and learning,
research and discovery, and
outreach and engagement,
Virginia Tech accomplishes
the charge of its motto: Ut
Prosim (That I May Serve).
That service extends across
the commonwealth, the
nation, and beyond.
TEACHING AND LEARNING
Degree Programs: The university offers about
65 bachelor’s degree programs through its
seven undergraduate colleges: College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of
Architecture and Urban Studies, College of
Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and
Human Sciences, College of Natural Resources,
Pamplin College of Business, and College
of Science. On the postgraduate level, the
university offers about 145 master’s and
doctoral degree programs through the
Graduate School and the Virginia-Maryland
Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. The
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, a
private independent school jointly managed by
the university and Carilion Health System, is
scheduled to open in fall 2010.
RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
Virginia Tech conducts a $373.3-million-a-year
research program, which ranks 46th in the
nation in terms of expenditures. More than
3,500 projects pursue new discoveries in
agriculture, biotechnology, bioinformatics,
computer science, engineering, architecture,
energy management, and a wide range of
other technical and nontechnical fields. The
Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center,
located on 120 acres adjacent to campus,
provides opportunities for businesses to
establish close working relationships with the
university.
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
Virginia Tech serves off-campus constituencies—community
groups, governmental units,
and state and local agencies, for example—by
providing valuable expertise and training
through outreach and international programs.
Outreach focus areas include economic
development, continuing and professional
education, governmental assistance,
technology transfer, workforce development,
and international research and development.
Virginia Cooperative Extension, jointly operated
by Virginia Tech and Virginia State University,
provides practical information to the people of
the commonwealth to improve their economic,
social, and cultural well-being. The organization
staffs Extension offices in 107 locations
throughout Virginia and offers programs
financed by federal, state, and local governments.
ENROLLMENT
Total enrollment is about 31,000 with
approximately 28,000 on campus in fall 2009.
Of the on-campus students, about 83.5
percent are undergraduates, 16.5 percent
graduate students, 58 percent male, and 42
percent female. More than 2 percent of the
student body is enrolled in a voluntary corps of
cadets, composed of both men and women.
ATHLETICS
Virginia Tech is a member of the NCAA and the
Atlantic Coast Conference. Men’s varsity sports
include football, basketball, baseball, cross
country, indoor and outdoor track, wrestling,
tennis, golf, soccer, and swimming. Women’s
varsity sports include basketball, tennis,
swimming, volleyball, lacrosse, indoor and
outdoor track, soccer, softball, and cross
country. An extensive intramural program
provides opportunities to participate in more
than 20 recreational activities.
MAJOR FACILITIES
Virginia Tech has more than 125 campus
buildings, hundreds of research laboratories, the
Corporate Research Center, and an airport on
2,600 acres of land in Blacksburg, plus a
1,700-acre research farm in Montgomery County.
Among the university’s major facilities are Carol
M. Newman Library, with more than 2.3 million
volumes; The Inn at Virginia Tech & Skelton
Conference Center, with 147 guest rooms;
Cassell Coliseum, which seats 10,000; Lane
Stadium, which seats more than 66,000; a
communications network that provides voice,
video, and computer data transmission to
offices, classrooms, laboratories, and residence
hall rooms; a teleport of satellite dishes for
receiving and transmitting; and a computing
and communications complex that provides the
university community with access to information
systems and resources worldwide.
Major off-campus facilities include 13 agricultural
experiment stations and six 4-H centers
throughout the state; Marion duPont Scott
Equine Medical Center in Northern Virginia; five
extended campus centers (Hampton Roads,
National Capital Region, Richmond, Roanoke,
and Southwest Virginia); public radio station
WVTF in Roanoke; The Hotel Roanoke &
Conference Center; Washington-Alexandria
Architecture Center of the College of Architecture
and Urban Studies; and Center for European
Studies and Architecture in Switzerland.
ADMISSION
Undergraduate admission applications are
available at www.admiss.vt.edu/apply.html.
The university prefers that graduate admission
applications be completed online at www.
grads.vt.edu/admissions/applying/index.html.
If necessary, paper applications can be
obtained from the Graduate School, Graduate
Life Center at Donaldson Brown, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA 24061 (e-mail gradrecr@vt.
edu).
More information is available on the Internet:
Undergraduate: www.admiss.vt.edu
Graduate: www.grads.vt.edu