Stanford University

Stanford University is among the most prestigious universities in the world. It was founded in 1885 in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a large campus of 8,180 acres. The campus includes 700 major buildings along with 18 independent centers, laboratories, and institutes with more than 13,000 students living on-campus.

The university offers more than 69 major fields for the undergraduate study and more than 90 departments and programs for masters and Ph.D. in different fields including earth, energy, and environmental sciences, business, engineering and technology, law, humanities and sciences, and medicines.

The university is also a leader in research, having 20 libraries with over 9.5 million volumes and a $1.69 billion sponsored budget for research.

The university has more than 625 student groups and organizations providing services and support to its students for undertaking leadership, public services, exploring careers, and community engagement.

The university is located on a 8,180-acre campus near Palo Alto (population: 66,642), 20 miles from San Jose and 30 miles from San Francisco; domestic branch campuses in Washington, DC, New York City, and Monterey Bay, CA. Served by bus; major airports serve San Francisco and San Jose; train serves Palo Alto.