University of Virginia

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University of Virginia
TypePublic research university
EstablishedJanuary 25, 1819; 205 years ago (January 25, 1819)[1]
FounderThomas Jefferson
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment$13.6 billion (2022)[2]
Budget$1.91 billion (2020)[3][a]
PresidentJames E. Ryan
ProvostIan Baucom
Academic staff
3,265 (Fall 2019)[4]
  • 3,083 full-time
  • 182 part-time
Administrative staff
6,292 (Fall 2019)[4][b]
  • 6,149 full-time
  • 143 part-time
Students25,944 (Fall 2023)[5]
Undergraduates17,618 (Fall 2023)[5]
Postgraduates8,326 (Fall 2023)[5]
Location
Charlottesville
,
Virginia
,
United States

38°02′08″N 78°30′12″W / 38.03556°N 78.50333°W / 38.03556; -78.50333
CampusSmall suburb[7], 1,135 acres (459 ha)[6]
Other campuses[8]
NewspaperThe Cavalier Daily
ColorsOrange and blue[9]
   
Nickname
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBS – ACC
MascotCavalier
Websitevirginia.edu Edit this at Wikidata
  
Official nameMonticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
TypeCultural
Criteriai, iv, vi
Designated1987 (11th session)
Reference no.442
RegionEurope and North America
Official nameUniversity Of Virginia Historic District
Designated1971-11-11
Reference no.70000865

The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The original governing Board of Visitors included three U.S. presidents: Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe, the latter as sitting president of the United States at the time of its foundation. As its first two rectors, Presidents Jefferson and Madison played key roles in the university's foundation, with Jefferson designing both the original courses of study and the university's architecture. Located within its historic 1,135-acre central campus, the university is composed of eight undergraduate and three professional schools: the School of Law, the Darden School of Business, and the School of Medicine.[10]

The University of Virginia's scholars have played a major role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics,[c] law,[d] literary art,[e] visual art,[f] and the sciences.[11] Admission to UVA is among the most selective of public universities in the United States,[12] its endowment is among the largest,[13] and the university is known in part for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies.[14][15][16] The university has been a member of the Association of American Universities for 120 years.

In athletic competition, the university teams are called the Cavaliers and lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in team NCAA Championships for men's sports, also ranking second in women's and overall titles. In 2015, and again in 2019, the University of Virginia was presented with the Capital One Cup for fielding the nation's best overall athletics programs for men's sports.[17][18]

The university's alumni, faculty, and researchers have included several U.S. presidents, heads of state, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Marshall Scholars, and Fulbright Scholars. Thirty governors of U.S. states have attended the university, as have numerous U.S. senators and members of Congress. UVA has produced 56 Rhodes Scholars, the most of any flagship university in the United States,[g] while its students and alumni have founded companies such as Reddit, Skillshare, VMware, and Space Adventures.

  1. ^ "History". University of Virginia Bicentennial. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2022. Annual Report 2022 (Report). UVIMCO. 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "2019–2020 University Operating Budget" (PDF). Financial Planning and Analysis, UVA. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Employees". Institutional Research and Analytics, U.Va. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Enrollment". Institutional Research and Analytics. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "Precinct Plans (2011)". U.Va. Office of the Architect for the University. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "IPEDS Data Center: University of Virginia-Main Campus". nces.ed.gov. National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "Virginia Public Colleges and their Other Locations". Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  9. ^ Colors | University of Virginia. October 17, 2017. Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  10. ^ Departments and Schools of UVA Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 21, 2016
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Science2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Josh Moody. "20 Public Schools With Low Acceptance Rates". U.S. News & World Report, September 19, 2019. Accessed March 23, 2024.
  13. ^ Sarah Wood. "15 National Universities With the Biggest Endowments". U.S. News & World Report, October 2, 2023. Accessed March 23, 2024.
  14. ^ Moll, Richard. (1986). The public ivys : a guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities. New York, NY: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-009384-2. OCLC 13327335.
  15. ^ "Tuition and Fees at Flagship Universities over Time – Trends in Higher Education – The College Board". Trends.collegeboard.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  16. ^ "Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  17. ^ UVa wins Capital One Cup for men's sports Archived April 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved June 16, 2015
  18. ^ Virginia Men Win Capital One Cup Archived July 11, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 11, 2019


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