Through its work, the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute (VTLCI) increases diversity in the university's student population by enabling outstanding international candidates to meet English
language admission requirements. The Intensive English course series prepares international
students for Virginia Tech admission through rigorous, progressive English language training. In the past two years, VTLCI Intensive English students have matriculated into more than 20 graduate and undergraduate degree programs at Tech. Over the same period, other VTLCI students have achieved admission to more than 20 other U.S. colleges and universities.
- Founded in 1872
- The largest and most comprehensive university in Virginia
- Among the top research universities in the US
- Enrollment of more than 26,000 students on the Blacksburg campus
- 2000 international students representing more than 110 countries
- 140 master's and doctoral programs and 60 bachelor's degree programs
Virginia Tech's undergraduate engineering and cooperative education and
internship programs are rated among the top 15 in the nation according to
U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges 2008. Pamplin College
of Business is ranked 24th in the nation among public institutions, and the
university's overall undergraduate program is ranked among the top 30 at public
institutions.
Virginia Tech's College of Engineering and College of Human Resources and
Education have graduate programs ranked in the top 10 nationwide,
according to U.S. News and World Report's 2008 America's Best Graduate Schools.
The Pamplin MBA program consistently appears in the Financial Times rankings
of the world's top 100 graduate business schools.
An ever-increasing number of international students are selecting Virginia
Tech for academic study because of its national and international reputation
in engineering, architecture, business, education, agriculture, arts and
sciences, human resources, forestry and wildlife resources, and veterinary medicine.
The university's centers for research in such areas as fiber optics, power electronics,
adhesion science, anaerobic microbiology, intelligent materials, robotics, polymers, and
composite materials provide learning laboratories for international scholars and students.
