The origin of Stanford University

Stanford University was founded by railroad tycoon Leland Stanford, then governor and senator of California, and his wife Jane Laslop Stanford. 1884, his beloved son Stanford Jr. died of typhoid fever while traveling with his parents in Europe. After the sad Stanford couple returned to America, they decided to share his $20 million deposit with him. Leland Stanford once said to his wife, "All the children in California will be our children in the future."

1. Stanford University, full name of Leland Stanford Junior University, referred to as "Stanford", is located in Palo Alto, south of San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA, close to the world-famous high-tech park Silicon Valley, and is a world-famous private research university. Covering an area of about 33 square kilometers (865,438+080 acres), Stanford University is the sixth largest university in the United States.

2. Academically, Stanford University is isomorphic with the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco, North Bay, forming an academic center in the western United States. According to the statistics of relevant institutions, as of March 20 18, * * * 8 1 Stanford alumni, professors or researchers won the Nobel Prize, ranking seventh in the world; 27 have won the Turing Award (the highest award in the computer field), ranking first in the world; Seven other Stanford professors have won the Fields Medal (the highest prize in mathematics), ranking ninth in the world. In 20 17- 18, Stanford University ranked second in the world in academic ranking of world universities and QS World University Rankings, and third in Times Higher Education World University Rankings and USNews World University Rankings. In 20 17, it was rated as the third in the world by Times Higher Education.

3. Stanford University has laid a solid foundation for the formation and rise of Silicon Valley, and trained leaders of many high-tech companies, including founders of Hewlett-Packard, Google, Yahoo, Nike, Logitech, Snapchat, American Art, Sun Microsystems, NVIDIA, Cisco and LinkedIn. In addition, Stanford University's alumni include 30 wealthy entrepreneurs and 17 astronauts, and it is also one of the institutions that train the largest number of US congressmen. According to Forbes 20 10, Stanford University ranks second with 28 billionaires, second only to Harvard University.