Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a world-renowned private research university founded in 1885 by California Senator Leland Stanford and his wife Jane in memory of their only child. Situated across 8,180 contiguous acres in the heart of Silicon Valley—colloquially known as 'The Farm'—Stanford is globally acclaimed for its pioneering entrepreneurial spirit, revolutionary research impact, and academic leadership across its seven world-class schools: Humanities & Sciences, Engineering, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Graduate School of Business (GSB), Law School, School of Medicine, and Graduate School of Education. Under its transformative need-blind, no-loan undergraduate financial aid program, families earning under $100,000 pay zero dollars for tuition, room, and board, while families earning below $150,000 pay zero tuition. Backed by iconic facilities including the Romanesque Main Quad, Memorial Church, Hoover Tower, Science and Engineering Quad, and Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford continues to shape the frontiers of computing, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, venture capital, and sustainable development.

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