About Stanford University  

Recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions, Stanford has one of the most renowned faculties in the world. Stanford is committed to offering our students an education that is unrivaled among research universities. Stanford University is an incredibly exciting and diverse community that offers remarkable breadth in both academic and extracurricular activities.


The pioneering spirit that inspired Jane and Leland Stanford to start the university more than a century ago is manifested in the many successful corporations in the Silicon Valley. Today Stanford University and the Silicon Valley share strong ties, and those linkages help maintain Stanford's position as a preeminent university.


Today, Stanford has 1,749 tenure-line faculty, senior fellows and center fellows at policy centers and institutes across the campus and the Medical Center. Fifty-four percent of the faculty have earned tenure. Faculty at Stanford are expected to be among the best teachers and researchers in their fields. There are 363 faculty members appointed to endowed chairs. Twenty-five Stanford faculty have won the Nobel Prize since the university's founding.
Stanford's current community of scholars includes:
  • 17 Nobel laureates
  • 4 Pulitzer Prize winners
  • 23 MacArthur Fellows
  • 21 recipients of the National Medal of Science
  • 4 National Medal of Technology recipients
  • 224 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 133 members of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 82 National Academy of Engineering members
  • 25 members of the National Academy of Education
  • 43 American Philosophical Society members
  • 6 Wolf Foundation Prize winners
  • 6 winners of the Koret Foundation Prize
  • 3 Presidential Medal of Freedom winners
About the Stanford School of Engineering
Stanford's School of Engineering was founded in 1925 and is comprised of nine academic departments. Approximately one quarter of all Stanford students are enrolled in the School of Engineering. Undergraduate program ranking and graduate program ranking show evidence of the school's premier standing. Its stellar faculty includes a Nobel laureate, winners of the National Medal of Science and other prestigious honors. Additionally, many faculty members are recipients of distinguished endowed professorships. The school's strong ties to industry are underscored by the membership of the Advisory Council, the Dean's Strategic Council, and numerous industrial affiliates programs.
 
About the Stanford Center for Professional Development

The Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD) at Stanford University collaborates with School of Engineering and other Stanford faculty to extend graduate programs and courses via distance learning technologies to professionals in industry and government worldwide.

SCPD's Professional Education helps participants advance in their fields and expand their networks through a wide range of short courses in bioinformatics, project management, computer science, engineering, and management. Courses are offered in a variety of distance learning instructional formats, as well as on campus.