Stanford University

Established

Nov 11, 1885

Location

Stanford, CA

Nickname

Cardinal

Stanford University

About

Prestigious university known for its academics that became one of the top fundraising institutions in the nation.  Many impactful technology companies started at Stanford including Google, which begun as a research project by two PhD students at Stanford.  The two Yahoo founders also met during their graduate work at Stanford back in 1984.

Trivia

The university enrolls around 15,000 students annually, over half being postgraduate students. 

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