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Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College , becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854.
The school added a new undergraduate major in biomedical engineering in the fall of 1998. The undergraduate biomedical engineering program is unique in the Commonwealth, established as a response to the growing presence of biomedical companies in Virginia. VCU's long-standing degree programs in computer science joined the school in fall 2001.
Educational programs include medical undergraduate, [8] graduate, [9] masters [10] and PhD pathways. [11] [12] Additionally, a Premedical Graduate Certificate Program delivers a one-year, intensive graduate-level program for students to enhance their qualifications for admission into professional school, including medical, dental and veterinary school.
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (also referred to as VCU School of the Arts or simply VCUarts) is a public non-profit art and design school in Richmond, Virginia. One of many degree-offering schools at VCU , the School of the Arts comprises 18 bachelor's degree programs and six master's degree programs.
Virginia Commonwealth University: Richmond: Public Research university: SACS: 1838 28,082 Virginia Highlands Community College: Abingdon: Public (Virginia Community College System) Junior college: SACS: 1969 2,068 Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine: Blacksburg: Public (Jointly by Virginia Tech & University of Maryland ...
In Italy, the laurea [4] (formerly laurea triennale, meaning "three-year laurea") is the most common type of "undergraduate degree".It is equivalent to a bachelor's degree and its normative time to completion is three years (note that in Italy scuola secondaria superiore or Lyceum [secondary or grammar school], takes five years, so it ends at 19 years of age).
VCU arts Qatar has 294 undergraduate students representing 33 nationalities and 1017 graduate students representing 60 different nationalities. [5] The university was originally opened for women, but in 2008 began also accepting men. [7] Per VCU's agreement with Qatar Foundation, at least 70% of admitted students must be Qatari citizens. [6]
The VCU Executive MBA (formerly the Fast Track Executive MBA) was founded in 1994 and has attracted more than 1,000 mid-level executives and professionals. Universal Corp provided a grant in 1994 that allowed VCU to establish the first International Business Forum.