Virginia Tech
| Type | Public | 
|---|---|
| Established | 1872 | 
| President | Timothy D. Sands | 
| Provost | Thanassis Rikakis | 
| Location | Blacksburg, Virginia, United States | 
| Campus | Rural | 
| Colors | Chicago maroon and burnt orange | 
| Nickname | Hokies | 
| Website | vt.edu | 
| https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=19611 | 
Virginia Tech — formally Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — is a public research university located in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. The university also has six other regional campuses and offers a study-abroad site in Switzerland. The university is organized into nine colleges and a graduate school, offering some 250 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.[1] The university is classified as a research university with very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[2] The university enrolled more than 32,600 students, and it ranked 74 among all national universities and 27 among "Top Public Schools" according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.[3]
Informatics programs
Bioinformatics
The following bioinformatics-related options exist for potential students:
- Ph.D. in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
 - 90 credit hours; "Requirements will differ among the specialty tracks, with some tracks requiring more coursework, with correspondingly fewer credit hours of Research and Dissertation."
 - Available online? No
 - Program URL: http://gbcb.vbi.vt.edu/gbcb/about_program
 
- Summer Research Program in Bioinformatics
 - "...this 10-week intensive summer program will immerse participants in a team science research project with one or more research groups at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI)."
 - Available online? No
 - Program URL: http://gsri.vbi.vt.edu/
 
- Undergraduate Research Internship in Bioinformatics
 - See program URL for more details.
 - Available online? No
 - Program URL: http://usp.vbi.vt.edu/
 
Additional external links
References
- ↑ "About Virginia Tech". Virginia Tech. https://www.vt.edu/about.html. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
 - ↑ "Standard Listings". Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Indiana University. http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/standard.php. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
 - ↑ "Virginia Tech". U.S. News & World Report - Best Colleges. U.S. News & World Report LLP. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/virginia-tech-3754. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
 







