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Stanford campus

STANFORD

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Located in Stanford, California

  • Stanford’s motto is Die Luft der Freiheit weht, which translates into "The wind of freedom blows"

  • The amount of enrolled students is approximately 17,000

  • The student-faculty ratio is 5:1

  • It was founded in 1885 by California senator Leland Stanford and his wife Jane.

  • The university's official name is Leland Stanford Junior University in memory of the late son of the founders.

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:

  • 67 Major Programs, including Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and more... 

  • 78 Minor Programs, including Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, and more... 

ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

Stanford Campus

  • 58 Nobel Prize Laureates

  • 29 A.M. Turing Award winners

  • 296 Olympic Medals

  • 8 Fields Medalists

  • Brian Acton (co-founder of WhatsApp)

  • Rishi Sunak (UK Prime Minister)

  • Erie Cornell (Nobel Prize in Physics)

  • K. Barry Sharpless (Nobel Prize in Chemistry)

  • Reese Witherspoon (actress)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • 49 miles of roads, comprises of 2 separate water systems and contains 2 open water reservoirs

  • Campus is located in 7 different government jurisdictions - Santa Clara, San Mateo County, Palo Alto, Woodside, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Los Altos Hills

  •  The campus has roughly 630 buildings and 140+ retail stores in the Stanford Shopping Center.

  • Approximately 150 companies located in the Stanford Research Park

REQUIREMENTS:

Stanford Requirements
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