Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The 2,600 acre main campus lies within the sylvan setting of Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, about 38 miles southwest of Roanoke, Virginia. Other facilities include a nearby 1,700 acre research farm, a medical school in Roanoke, graduate and research centers across Virginia, including the Washington, D.C. area and a study-abroad site in southern Switzerland.

Living in the residence halls puts a student in the center of campus life. Whether student is looking for greek life or robot wars, there's a club for anyone. In fact, more than 700 student clubs and organizations are active on campus. Any student can join clubs. 

Virginia Tech's Housing and Residence Life (HRL) is a large organization, which operates 47 on-campus residence halls housing approximately 9,300 residents. A majority of the residential halls are located on the southwestern side of the Drillfield. Currently, there are twenty-nine residential halls housing undergraduate and graduate students.

More than just a place to sleep, the on-campus experience is enriched by the initiatives and engagement of resident student staff such as resident advisors, house supervisors. 

To support such a dynamic environment, HRL has a complete facilities operation - maintenance, housekeeping, lock shop, renovations, fire/safety compliance, warehousing, an occupancy management - assignments & contracting, communications and general services, and a robust conference management area - summer conferences and guest dining plans for groups coming to campus.

There are some requirements for Virginia students:

• Freshmen are required to live on campus at Virginia Tech and can expect to pay the on-campus residence hall expense.
• Freshmen who are over 21 years of age are permitted to live off campus.
• Students past their freshman year are not guaranteed housing on campus and should plan their finances as though space will not be available.
• Students who will be bringing family members are not permitted to live in the residence halls. The university has on-campus housing for graduate and professional students who are single; the housing may not accommodate families and spouses.
• Students who will be living off campus are usually required to sign twelve-month apartment leases; hence, the off-campus living expense is calculated for a full year rather than an academic year.

Career and Professional Development welcomes and assists students of all majors at Virginia Tech, first-year students through graduate level. Its staff helps students explore career options and majors, seek career-related experience in many forms including internships and co-ops, seek post-graduation employment, and plan for graduate or professional school. 

Besides, the university has many companies-partners and there are opportunities for students to get close working relationships with them.