Research is part of a larger process in which discovery, application and use are closely integrated.
Research, scholarship, and creative activity of distinction are expected within every school and college of the university. The assessment of the quality of both research and teaching is given heavy weight in faculty promotion and tenure decisions. The university supports, and is supported by, numerous institutes and research centers. WVU faculty members have carved out worldwide leadership positions in graduate education, health sciences, business and management, rural development, energy and engineering, arts and sciences, languages, and creative arts building on decades of international work. The mission of the College of Agriculture and Forestry is to provide high quality undergraduate and graduate education, to conduct basic and applied research, and to engage in creative and scholarly activity.