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Cornelius Vanderbilt had a vision of a place that would "contribute to strengthening the ties that should exist between all sections of our common country" when he gave $1 million to create a university in 1873. Today, that vision has been realized in Vanderbilt, an internationally recognized research university in Nashville, Tenn., with strong partnerships among its 10 schools, neighboring institutions and the community.

Consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation’s top 20 universities, 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. The combination of cutting edge research, liberal arts, nationally recognized schools of business and divinity and a distinguished medical center creates an invigorating atmosphere where students tailor their education to meet their goals and researchers collaborate to solve complex questions affecting our health, culture and society.

  • Partnership With Metro Nashville Public Schools

    Those wishing to teach in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools will have the opportunity to earn a Vanderbilt University master’s degree designed expressly for them beginning this summer, Vanderbilt and MNPS announced today.

  • Vanderbilt professor offers key factors in recruiting

    Identification of students with unrealized potential, continuous tracking of individual performance and intensive, one-on-one mentoring are key factors in successfully recruiting underrepresented minorities and women into the critical professions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

  • Behind-the-scenes perspective on 2008 presidential election

    Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of the nation’s most experienced political reporters, will engage in an evening of political discussion April 1 at the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University. The 5:30 p.m. event will be followed by a reception and book-signing.

  • 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

    Vanderbilt University has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

  • Quick Facts About Vanderbilt

    An independent, privately supported university, Vanderbilt is the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee and the second largest private employer based in the state.

  • 147 Great Reasons to Work at Vanderbilt

    Taken from Vanderbilt's September 2004 "House Organ" and reproduced as a sampling of the kinds of benefits enjoyed by Vanderbilt employees. Length of service or position status may affect eligibility for some of these benefits.

  • Explore Nashville

    Vanderbilt’s hometown of Nashville is a vibrant, engaging city known proudly as "Music City, U.S.A." Located a little more than a mile from downtown, the university’s students, faculty, staff and visitors frequently cite Nashville as one of the perks of Vanderbilt. From serving as home to the nation’s largest Kurdish population to being named America’s friendliest city for three years in a row, Nashville is a metropolitan place that proudly exudes all of the charm and hospitality one expects from a Southern capital.

  • Recovery Act at Work at Vanderbilt

    As of Nov. 30, 2009, scientists at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center had received 192 Recovery Act grants totaling over $80.3 million from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Health Resources and Services Administration and Federal Work Study to support new and existing projects, buy major equipment and hire additional personnel.  The goal is to accelerate the pace and achievement of research that will profoundly impact the lives and health of Americans and people around the world.

  • The Peabody Difference

    We study people— how they learn and how they lead. Our work spans the broadest aspects of education and human development. Our results effect change in policy, institutions, and people’s lives.