U.Va. ranks No. 1, tied with the University of California at Berkeley, among the Best Public Universities. This is the fifth consecutive year that the University has been the top-rated public university in the magazine's rankings. Virginians and two-thirds undergraduates. There are roughly equal numbers of women and men, and students come from all fifty states and many foreign countries. The University's full-time faculty numbers almost 2,100.
Most faculty members conduct research and publish their findings on a regular basis.
The University has established more than 373 endowed professorships for outstanding scholars, and the Center for Advanced Studies plays a major role in attracting and retaining scholars of national and international distinction. The University of Virginia was chartered by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1819. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. The University is one of a select group of 58 American and Canadian universities chosen for membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.