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Research and Graduate Education
West Virginia University Founded in 1867, West Virginia University is one of only 46 public universities in the nation that serve their state as both research and land-grant institutions. With an enrollment of approximately 27,00 students, WVU is the largest university in the state. It houses 13 colleges and professional schools, including the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Economics, College of Humanities, Engineering School, Law School, and an academic health sciences center comprising the Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Medicine.
West Virginia University emphasizes research, teaching, and service by carefully integrating the discovery, application, and use of knowledge. The Carnegie Foundation for The Advancement of Teaching ranks WVU in the highest tier of national doctoral research universities, placing it among only 59 public and 29 private institutions nationwide. As Part of the Big East conference, the WVU Mountaineers compete in NCAA Division I athletics, drawing thousands of visitors from throughout the state and region. Especially popular are the University's football, men's basketball, and women's basketball teams. The Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center The Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center is among the few
 institutions nationwide that support medical, dental, nursing, and pharmacy care as well as advanced medical research and education. Through a unique combination of state and federal support, charitable contributions from individuals and foundations, and investments from private corporations, the Health Sciences Center has developed comprehensive health care and biological science programs.
Its Morgantown campus includes the following schools: Also on the Health Sciences campus are the following clinical facilities:
Faculty, students, and clinical researchers also enjoy collaborative ties with a national laboratory for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), adjacent to the WVU Health Sciences Center. In addition to these facilities, WVU maintains medical divisions in Charleston and Wheeling, as well as relationships with hospitals and physicians in rural areas throughout the state. Most WVU health science students undergo part of their training at off-campus sites, where they learn the demands of rural health care first-hand. With over 1,700 students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs, the Health Sciences Center produces a strong group of professionals to meet the state's and the nation's health care needs. The more than 10,000 alumni comprise about one-third of West Virginia's practicing physicians, two-thirds of its dentists, three-quarters of its pharmacists, and hundreds of nurses, medical and dental technologists, physical therapists, and other health professionals.
The School of Medicine is the largest school within the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. In addition to training physicians and providing statewide healthcare, advancing scientific discovery is a high priority within the School of Medicine, and WVU's biomedical researchers receive national recognition for their advances and discoveries. Basic biomedical research is conducted in these research programs:
The School's biomedical research areas are:
Institutional research facilities include a computer-based learning center, a centralized animal facility, and a library housing over 205,000 volumes and 2,400 journals. Core facilities are available for image analysis, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, proteomics, recombinant DNA technology, and transgenic rodent biology. In addition to their academic appointments, many of our research faculty are also affiliated with the following research centers and institutes:
Directions to the Health Sciences Center From I-68:
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As West Virginia's major research and development center and only comprehensive doctoral-granting institution, WVU faculty conduct research totaling over $133 million in sponsored contracts and grants per year. The University's total operating budget is approximately $483 million.
The WVU School of Medicine