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Virginia Tech (VT), officially the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It was founded as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872.
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Inspired by our land-grant identity and guided by our motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech is an inclusive community of knowledge, discovery, and creativity dedicated to improving the quality of life and the human condition within the Commonwealth of Virginia and throughout the world.
1970: The Virginia General Assembly bestowed university status, and the formal name of the university became Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Today: Virginia Tech is the university’s official nickname, used in all but the most formal situations.
According to Duncan Lyle Kinnear in The First 100 Years history of Virginia Tech, "Unhappily, records concerning the circumstances surrounding the origin of the motto and the seal have not been located; but it is well known that McBryde and his son were adept in designing seals and suggesting mottos."
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Virginia Tech is a public institution that was founded in 1872. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 30,434 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 2,600 acres.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University officially opened on Oct. 1, 1872, as Virginia’s white land-grant institution.* During its existence, the university has operated under four different legal names. The founding name was Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
