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edit The University of Virginia

University of Virginia was established in 1819 and it is a public university. Thomas Jefferson, who served as the vice president and the President of the United States, founded the university. Virginia University was the first in USA which separated church from education. Not only this, university of Virginia was also the first to have its own engineering school. It was also the pioneer of specialized education in Philosophy, Astronomy and Architecture. Apart from these subjects, Virginia University also offered botany, and political sciences at that time in contrast with other universities of the time which offered not more the 3 disciplines.

The university didn’t have any religious affiliation like other universities but today although it still doesn’t have any such association; it has one of the finest religious studies departments in USA. At the time of American Civil War university of Virginia was the second largest university in USA and the largest in the south. Remarkable thing is that during the civil war, its state saw most battles but the university never stopped its educational routine. Until 1970 the female students were not enrolled in the major studies although they were enrolled in nursing and related disciplines, but today the ratio of male and female student population is almost the same and amazingly this university has the highest black student graduation rate.

edit Student

The student body is large and the total number of undergraduate and graduate students exceeds 20,000. The undergraduate students enrolled to data are 14,213. The academic year is divided into semesters. Educational expense for state resident students in a year is $7,845 and for out-of-state students it is $25,945 which is lower than many private institutions. Living at university housing costs $6,909. All these students can enroll in a vast range of different degree programs. For an overview, the university offer 48 undergraduate, 94 graduate, 55 PhD, 2 professional and 6 education specialist degrees. The university faculty comprise of 2,053 teachers out of which some have high achievement awards to their names. The faculty research has played a great role in the fields of internet and networking.

edit Ranking

The university of Virginia is a public sector university and in that context it is ranked 2nd amongst all public universities but if broader spectrum is taken it is ranked 24 amongst all universities in USA. In overall USA university rankings it has never dropped out of the top 25. In its home state the university has always stood 1st or second. University endowment is nearly $3.5 billion which is the largest amongst all public universities in the United States.

edit Colleges and Schools

The university is divided into several schools and colleges which offer numerous degree programs to a large student body. These include the College of Arts & Sciences, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Curry School of Education, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Architecture, School of Law, and McIntire School of Commerce.

edit Student life

Student life at the campus is full of athletics, socio-cultural and other activities. There are a number of societies such as Seven Society, and many more governed by the students. There is a building for the student activities known as the student life building where student groups can gather and carry out meetings. The students also bring out a newspaper known as the Cavalier Daily. A university program council takes money collected as student activity fee and uses it to arrange events. There are halls, theaters, gallery, ball room and newspaper production facility available to the students as well.

edit Honor System

The university has developed an honor system after an incident in which a professor died while resolving a student conflict. This code says that a student will act like a gentleman or lady and will not lie, steal or cheat. Keeping this code in mind, students are given home examinations and other tests and if a student fails to observe the code he is dismissed from the university.

edit University Website

The university website clearly has an excellent design. Right on the home page you find the news, the photos of events and games, links to the university calendar, maps, virtual tours, facts about university, library information, admissions, A to Z university registered websites belonging to university schools, centers, student organizations and societies, university web mail and even the current temperature which is displayed on the right hand top corner.

edit Sources

• 1) http://www.virginia.edu
• 2) http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_6968_brief.php

edit Languages

English

edit Address

ITC, Carruthers Hall, PO Box 400198

Charlottesville VA 22904 US

edit Contact

University of Virginia

+1 434 924 0616

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