Stanford University, the full name of Leland Stanford Junior University, is located in Palo Alto, southern San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA, near the high-tech park Silicon Valley. It is a private research university and a member of the global alliance of universities and research institutes. Stanford University 1885 was founded, 189 1 officially enrolled students. It covers an area of about 33 square kilometers (8 180 acres) and is one of the largest universities in the United States.

20 19-20, Stanford University ranked third in the reputation of Times Higher Education World University; 2020-2 1, Stanford University ranked 3rd in American News World University, 2nd in QS World University, 4th in Times Higher Education World University and 2nd in academic ranking of world universities.

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There are 65,438+0,534 faculty members in Stanford University, of which 665,438+0% are tenured professors. By 2020, there are 19 Nobel Prize winners, 1 Fields Prize winners, 163 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences, 1 academicians of the American Academy of Engineering, 287 academicians of the American Academy of Arts, 4 Pulitzer Prize winners and 18 national medal of science award among the existing teachers. ?

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