One of America's top 20 universities, Vanderbilt is home to just over 11,000 undergraduate and professional students. Vanderbilt offers 66 major fields of study in the arts and sciences, engineering, music, education, and human development, as well as a full range of graduate and professional degrees. Vanderbilt's 10 schools, public policy institute, distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center provide opportunities to know some of the most talented students and faculty on earth.

Vanderbilt is located just five minutes from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on a gorgeous 330-acre campus that is also a national arboretum. Buildings on the original campus date to its founding in 1873 and the Peabody section of campus has been a registered National Historic Landmark since 1966. Off-campus facilities include the Arthur J. Dyer Observatory, above, situated on a 1,131-foot hill six miles south of campus.

Today Vanderbilt University is a private research university of 6,319 undergraduates and 4,566 graduate and professional students. The University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute, a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education and human development as well as a full range of graduate and professional degrees. Employing more than 2,000 full-time faculty, a part-time and clinical faculty of approximately 1,500 and a staff of more than 14,200, Vanderbilt is the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee and the second largest private employer in the state.

The world exists at Vanderbilt in the intellect, imagination and the ambitions of every undergraduate and graduate student, faculty member, staff member and alumnus. Whatever ignites your curiosity, Vanderbilt has the resources to help you achieve your goals or set off in infinite directions.