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| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a major research and doctoral granting university. Virginia Tech ranks 50th among all colleges and universities in research expenditures and 13th among institutions without a human medical facility (NSF 1999). Total research expenditures in 2000 were $192.7 million. Virginia Tech is 29th in the nation in the number of full-time graduate students, according to the NSF-NIH Graduate Student Survey, and 36th in the nation in the number of doctoral degrees awarded as of 1998, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. In addition to the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Architecture and Urban Studies, Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Natural Resources, Human Resources and Education, and Veterinary Medicine, there are more than 100 research centers. Research that crosses disciplines is a tradition and strength at Virginia Tech. |
Leonard K. Peters,
Vice President for Research
Virginia Tech (0244)
301 Burruss Hall
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
(Telephone: 540-231-6077)VIRGINIA TECH links:
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Virginia Tech Research magazine
Science from Virginia Tech (a collection of articles created for high school science teachers)
Virginia Tech Expertise Database
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
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