FINE WORLD EDUCATION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY

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Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. This university is commonly known as Leland Stanford Junior University. It one of the world's most prestigious institutions, with the highest undergraduate selectivity and fundraising performance in the United States. This University was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford, former governor of and U.S. senator from California. Stanford is located in northern Silicon Valley near Palo Alto, California. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 7,061 with the campus size of 8,180 acres. It utilizes a quarter-based academic calendar. Stanford ranks as a best college in 2015. Its tuition and fees are $44,757 (2014-15). Four of Stanford University’s offer undergraduate and graduate coursework, and the remaining three serve as purely graduate schools. Graduate programs include the highly ranked School of Education, School of Engineering, Law School, School of Medicine and the top-ranked Graduate School of Business. Stanford faculty have successfully founded many companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo!, and companies founded by Stanford alumni generate more than $2.7 trillion in annual revenue, equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world.

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MISSION OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY

IJane and Leland Stanford established Stanford University in 1885 in the memory of their son. They want to establish a "University of high degree" that would "qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life and promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization." Today, Stanford is a research university where teaching, learning and research are all integral to the university's mission. In 2012-13, Stanford allocated about $5.3 million to support 938 projects. Current faculty members have earned 22 Nobel Prizes and 5 Pulitzer Prizes. Students, distinguished by initiative, love of learning and commitment to public service, are talented in many areas, including academics, art, music and athletics. Stanford's athletic teams, called the Cardinal, have won the Director's Cup as the best program nationwide 19 years in a row.

ACADEMICS OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY

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