Stanford
University was founded in 1885 by former California Governor and Senator Leland
Stanford and his wife, Jane, to memorialise their son Leland Stanford Junior. Stanford University is a research university
that offers bachelors, masters, doctoral and professional degrees. Stanford
enrols about 7,000 undergraduate students and 9,000 graduate and professional
school students.
Stanford
includes 7 schools, they are Business, Education, Engineering, Earth Sciences, Humanities
& Sciences and Law & Medicine. Along with these multidisciplinary
research & teaching are at the heart of university wide initiatives on
human health, international affairs, Arts and the environment and
sustainability.
Stanford intent is
to establish a "University of high degree" which “qualify students
for personal success & direct usefulness in life and also promote the
public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity & civilization.”
There are nearly
5,100 externally sponsored projects throughout the Stanford University, with
the total budget for sponsored projects at $1.35 billion during 2013-14. There
are total estimated 191,519 living Stanford degree holders, including 75,183
undergraduate alumni, 97,367 graduate alumni and 18,969 dual-degree holders.
Stanford alumni can be found in 143 countries, 20 territories and all 50 states
and the District of Columbia.
Total No. of
Enrollment: 15861
No. of International
Students: 3581
No. of Undergraduate
Enrollment: 6564
No. of International
Students: 470
No. of Graduate
Enrollment: 9297
No. of International
Students: 3111
Address: Stanford, 450
Serra Mall, CA 94305, USA (United States of America)
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