 
 
Welcome To Stanford University
 
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University was founded in 1885
Leland Stanford, “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization.
Situated on 8,180 acres, Stanford is one of the largest campuses in the United States with 18 interdisciplinary research institutes.
and seven schools on a single campus: Graduate School of Business; School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences; Graduate School of Education.
School of Engineering; School of Humanities and Sciences; Law School; and School of Medicine.
tanford has more than 16,300 students, 2,180 faculty and 1,800 postdoctoral scholars.
Stanford is an international institution, enrolling students from all 50 U.S. states and more than 90 other countries.
It is also an athletics powerhouse, with 900 current student-athletes and a history of 137 national championships
and 23 consecutive Directors’ Cups, awarded to the top intercollegiate athletics program in the nation.
Stanford counts 19 Nobel laureates within its community today and numerous famous alumni associated with the university .
from the worlds of art, social sciences, business, politics, humanities, media, sports and technology.
The 31st president of the US, Herbert Hoover, was part of the first class at Stanford, and received a degree in geology in 1895.
The alumni include 17 astronauts, 18 Turing Award recipients and two Fields Medalists.
 
In total, companies founded by Stanford affiliates and alumni generate more than $2.7 trillion annual revenue,
which would be the 10th largest economy in the world.
These companies include Google, Nike, Netflix, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Instagram and Charles Schwab.
Stanford alumni also have founded nonprofit organizations like Kiva and SIRUM.
The first American woman to go into space, Sally Ride, received an undergraduate degree in physics from Stanford in 1973.
Just 10 years later, she made her ascent into space.
Stanford’s official seal contains the German words, “Die Luft der Freiheit weht”, which translates as “the wind of freedom blows”.
Subjects taught at Stanford University
Business & Economics
Physical sciences
Engineering & technology
Arts & humanities
Law
Life sciences
Social sciences
Computer Science
Psychology & education.
Stanford University has been named the best university in the world for graduate employability for the second consecutive year.
which assesses how successfully universities produce employable graduates and foster connections between students and employers.
Five indicators are used to assess universities in the graduate employability ranking: employer reputation, alumni outcomes,
employer partnerships, employer-student connections and graduate employment rate.
Of these, Stanford achieved a perfect score in three: employer reputation, alumni outcomes and partnerships with employers.
The second best university in the world according to our latest rankings, Stanford University ranks among the top five universities in the world across all QS subject areas
Based in Silicon Valley in California, tucked away between the green rolling hills of San Jose and the heights of San Francisco,
Stanford University’s manicured lawn has been trodden on by some of the world’s brightest researchers,
tech entrepreneurs and influencers of our generation, including Elon Musk, Sergei Brin, Peter Thiel, John Kennedy  and Larry Page.
Preparing students to make meaningful contributions to society as engaged citizens and leaders in a complex world
600 universities were considered for inclusion in this year’s ranking, twice as many as last year, with the top 495 published.
See this year’s results in full here, or scroll down to see the top 10.
 
