Professional setting of Stanford University
The main majors offered are: American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Languages, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Classical Literature, Communication, Comparative Literature, Drama, Earth Sciences, Asian Studies, Engineering, Economics, English, History, International Relations, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Symbolic Systematology,
Computer science, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering physics, environmental engineering, bioengineering, computer system engineering, product design, urban research, architectural design, mathematics and computer science, aerospace, energy and resource engineering, management and engineering, materials science and engineering,
Biomechanical engineering, geological engineering and hydrology, etc. Its popular majors include law, business administration and education. The university calendar adopts the seasonal system. Autumn usually begins at the end of September and spring ends at the beginning of June.
Introduction to Stanford University
Stanford University, or "Stanford University", is a private research university in Stanford, California, USA. It was founded in 189 1 by railroad tycoon Leland Stanford, governor of California.
It is also to commemorate their son who died of typhoid fever on the eve of his sixteenth birthday. The school is co-educational and enjoys religious freedom. It was rated as one of the world's first-class and most outstanding universities, and 54 faculty and alumni won the Nobel Prize. Li Ka-shing, a wealthy businessman, and Li Zeju, son of ChristianRandPhillips, a Chinese-American singer,
Chinese-American Steven Chu 1997 Nobel Prize winners in physics all graduated from Stanford University.
By 1950, the school was located in the center of Silicon Valley on the west coast of the United States, and trained many high-tech product leaders and entrepreneurial talents, including founders of Hewlett-Packard, Google, Yahoo, Logitech, Tesla Motors, Firefox, EA, Sun Microsystems, NVIDIA, Cisco, Silicon Valley Graphics and Yi Bei.
In 20 12, Forbes, an authoritative American business magazine, and Businessweek, an American magazine, praised Stanford University for not only achieving Silicon Valley, but also leading the development of the world economy and scientific and technological products through an innovation-oriented model, making it a leading university.