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2. University of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   University of Virginia. /  38.03556°N 78.50333°W  / 38.03556; -78.50333. 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.

3. List of colleges and universities in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Virginia. The oldest college or university in Virginia is The College of William and Mary, founded in 1693. In 2010, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine became the newest. The largest institution is Liberty University, with over 110,000 students. [1]

4. History of the University of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Guided by Jefferson, the school laid its first building's cornerstone in late 1817, and the Commonwealth of Virginia chartered the new college on January 25, 1819. John Hartwell Cocke ted with James Madison, Monroe, and Joseph Carrington Cabell to fulfill Jefferson's dream to establish the university. Cocke and Jefferson were appointed to the ...

5. Virginia State University - Wikipedia

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   Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia. Founded on March 6, 1882 ( 1882-03-06 ) , Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for Black Americans.

6. Virginia Commonwealth University - Wikipedia

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   Virginia Commonwealth University ( VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia General Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917, to create ...

7. University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied ...

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   The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science ( SEAS ), is the undergraduate and graduate engineering school of the University of Virginia. Established in 1836, the school is the oldest university-affiliated engineering school in United States, and oldest engineering school in the Southern United States .