VT in DC

Virginia Tech has set the bar as a leading land-grant university since its founding. When the school launched in 1872, meeting the mission meant offering a curriculum that provided future farmers, trade workers, and soldiers with practical knowledge and personal education around topics like hygiene, health, and manners. Today, that drive to serve means partnering with business and industry to accelerate workforce development and technology.

In 1969, Virginia Tech opened its first Northern Virginia Graduate Center -- a white Reston farmhouse with two resident faculty members, a part-time staff, and 65 students. Over the next 50 years, the university’s presence would expand to seven campuses, with program offerings from five colleges serving almost 800 master’s degree and Ph.D. students at seven area locations.

With the recently announced expansion in the region to include the university's Innovation Campus in Potomac Yard and collaboration with Children's National in D.C., Virginia Tech’s footprint in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area will be a magnet for leading tech talent, research, and education.