Stanford University

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Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility – catalyzing discoveries, accelerating the human impact of its research, educating students in a culture of expansive inquiry and freedom of thought, and offering world-class medical care. An engine of innovation and economic growth, Stanford is at the frontier of new knowledge and breakthroughs that move from labs and classrooms out into the world. The university is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and first welcomed students in 1891. Its main campus is home to seven schools, along with interdisciplinary research and policy institutes, athletics, and the arts. More than 7,200 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students study at Stanford each year, and its 2,402 faculty members are leaders in their fields. The university is currently home to 20 living Nobel laureates.