West Virginia University
Founded in 1867, West Virginia University is the flagship land-grant, doctoral degree-granting research university in the state of West Virginia.
WVU provides its students with a cutting-edge education that will prepare them for the twenty-first century job market. Consistently ranked as one of higher education’s best buys, WVU’s 13 schools and colleges offer 188 degree programs, many with placement rates at or near 100 percent. Undergraduates and graduate students both have many research opportunities: WVU is home to internationally recognized researchers in forensic science, nanotechnology, the traditional and emerging energy industries, and neuroscience.
The Mountaineers Community
Once a Mountaineer … Always a Mountaineer
The West Virginia University Mountaineer community is more than a physical location, and more than just a collection of people. Of course it does include a place, Morgantown, West Virginia, a beautiful mountain setting where opportunities to hike, mountain bike, kayak, rock climb, and ski are minutes away. Our community also includes over 28,000 students, 1,900-plus faculty, and more than 175,000 alumni. But the true Mountaineer community is a welcoming, lifelong family.
