Stanford University

Stanford University, named for its founder, Leland Stanford, who established the university in 1891, has 16,000 students studying on its campus in Palo Alto, near San Francisco. It is a private institution that is recognized for being one of the most selective in the United States and is inextricably associated with Silicon Valley. Stanford pioneered many of the technologies that contributed to the region's emergence and sustained prominence in the electronics sector.

Stanford's comprehensive Engineering School has 5,000 students and is home to the University's biggest group of graduate students. The Engineering School's graduates have a spectacular track record, having founded 12,700 businesses, including some of the world's greatest IT giants like Google, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco.

Last year, every faculty member was involved in research, and there were 5,100 externally funded projects. Stanford is home to the linear accelerator, which conducts research in materials and energy. Recent studies that have received international notice include this study on the aerodynamic performance of drones and hummingbirds and this research on lithium battery anodes.

Website: https://www.stanford.edu