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Virginia Tech

public university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia
Organization university Q65379
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Virginia Tech

Summary

Virginia Tech is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (879 views/month, #22 of 8,192).[2]

Key Facts

  • Virginia Tech's field of work was higher education[3].
  • Virginia Tech was a member of ORCID, Inc.[4].
  • Virginia Tech was a member of Digital Library Federation[5].
  • Virginia Tech was a member of Association of Research Libraries[6].
  • Virginia Tech was a member of Atlantic Coast Conference[7].
  • Virginia Tech was a member of Consortium of Social Science Associations[8].
  • Virginia Tech was a member of Q118398[9].
  • Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg[10].
  • Virginia Tech is in the country of United States[11].
  • Virginia Tech's instance of is recorded as university[12].
  • Virginia Tech's instance of is recorded as land-grant university[13].
  • Virginia Tech's instance of is recorded as public educational institution of the United States[14].
  • Virginia Tech's instance of is recorded as United States senior military college[15].
  • Virginia Tech took place at campus of Virginia Tech[16].
  • Virginia Tech took place at Blacksburg[17].
  • Virginia Tech's postal code is recorded as 24061-0131[18].
  • Virginia Tech's child organization or unit is recorded as Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine[19].
  • Virginia Tech's child organization or unit is recorded as Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station[20].
  • Virginia Tech's child organization or unit is recorded as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation[21].
  • Virginia Tech's Commons category is recorded as Virginia Tech[22].
  • Virginia Tech's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[23].
  • Virginia Tech comprises Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation[24].
  • Virginia Tech comprises Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Science[25].
  • 1872 marks the founding of Virginia Tech[26].
  • Virginia Tech's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.225, 'lon': -80.425}[27].

Body

Founding

1872 marks the founding of Virginia Tech[26].

Operations

Subsidiaries include Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine[19], a veterinary school[28], in United States[29], founded in 1978[30]; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station[20], an institute[31]; and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation[21].

Industry

Virginia Tech's field of work was higher education[3].

Why It Matters

Virginia Tech ranks in the top 0.27% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (879 views/month, #22 of 8,192).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . clir.org. clir.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . old.arl.org. old.arl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . cossa.org. Retrieved . cossa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43884|batch #43884]]: redundant value; it should not have a time zone."
  2. 10w ago · 沈澄心 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.225, 'lon': -80.425}
    Fast id → 549617
    Nacsis cat author id → —
    Sevis school id → —
    + 194 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1207]]: n2022131001, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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