Stanford University
Stanford
University founded in 1891 located in the heart of Silicon Valley between San
Francisco and San Jose is one of the world’s top and leading teaching and
research organization dedicated in providing excellence in education, finding
solutions to big challenges and to prepare scholars for leadership in complex
world. The University is soon going to celebrate its 125 year’s anniversary
this year. Its location and architecture is also an attraction to students
which is built in 8180 acres of land.
Stanford
has quarter-based education calendar. According to university there are 6994
undergraduate and 9128 graduate students enrolled in different faculties. There
are around 2100 faculty members, student-faculty ratio at Stanford is 4:1 which
a plus point is for its 97 percent undergraduate students living on campus.
Stanford
University teaches under seven-schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering,
Business, Law, Medicine, Education and Earth Sciences to offer highly regarded
degree programs which is suitable for the students and allow them freedom to
explore their potential and personal passion. The majors with highest enrollment are
Computer Science, Human Biology, Engineering, Biology and Science-Technology
and Society. When applying to Stanford do remember that the last date to apply
in Stanford is January third and the early action deadline is first November.
Only the brightest and talented are selected, the acceptance rate is only 5
percentage.
Stanford
offers various facilities and services to the students like placement service,
women’s center, tutoring, health service and health insurance. Other services
that the college offers are like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols for the
safety of students and the university, 24-hour telephone service, the dormitory
is also controlled for the safety of students.
For
the needy and deserving students the university also provides scholarship who
apply for it. Around 48 percent of the full time undergraduates received
scholarship.
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