Stanford University

Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University
Motto in English	The wind of freedom blows
Type	Private
Established	1891 (1891)
Chancellor	Nasser H. Paydar
President	Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Provost	John Etchemendy
Location	Stanford, California, United States
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Cardinal and white
Nickname	Cardinal
Website	stanford.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=17926

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The university was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford, former Governor of and U.S. Senator from California and railroad tycoon, and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Stanford admitted its first students on October 1, 1891 as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. The university struggled financially after Leland Stanford's 1893 death and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would later be known as Silicon Valley. The rise of Silicon Valley helped Stanford become one of the world's most prestigious universities.

The main campus is in northern Santa Clara Valley adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco, though it also has land and facilities elsewhere. Its campus is one of the largest in the United States. There are three academic schools that have both undergraduate and graduate students and another four professional schools. The university is also one of the top fundraising institutions in the country, becoming the first school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year.

Informatics programs

Bioinformatics

The following bioinformatics-related options exist for potential students:

B.S. in Biomedical Computation, Informatics Track

"The entire track portion of BMC is composed of nine to ten courses in total" plus "six units of directed research under a faculty member."

Available online? No

Program URL: http://web.stanford.edu/dept/bmc/index.html

Academic M.S. in Biomedical Informatics

45 units, lasting up to two years; "A research project is required for completion of the degree. Trainees are encouraged to participate in one or more research rotations during their first year."

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bmi.stanford.edu/prospective-students/masters-degree-research-biomedical-informatics.html

Coterminal M.S. in Biomedical Informatics

45 units; "Undergraduates must complete 120 units before they can apply for the coterminal program," and "not required to perform research rotations or submit a research project, although they are welcome to do so."

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bmi.stanford.edu/prospective-students/masters-degree-coterminal-biomedical-informatics.html

Distance Education M.S. in Biomedical Informatics

45 units; "offers the Honors Cooperative Program (HCP), or Professional Masters degree, a part-time, distance education Masters program. The Professional Masters program is for students interested in non-academic careers, however, the program requirements for the degree are identical to those for the Academic Masters program." "Students spend on average of 3.5 years in the program. The program must be completed within five years."

Available online? Yes

Program URL: http://bmi.stanford.edu/prospective-students/masters-degree-distance-education-biomedical-informatics.html

Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

"135 units, of which 90 units must be taken at Stanford"; "The doctoral program is a full-time, residential, research-oriented program. BMI does not offer part-time or distance education leading to the PhD."

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bmi.stanford.edu/prospective-students/PhD-degree-biomedical-informatics.html

Ph.D. Minor in Biomedical Informatics

20 units; "Note that you cannot use any class numbered below 200 to contribute to the 20 units required for the minor."

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bmi.stanford.edu/prospective-students/PhD-minor-biomedical-informatics.html

Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics - Data, Modeling and Analysis

3 courses of 11 to 12 units, with max three years to complete; "All of the coursework is on-line; no time at Stanford is required." "You need to achieve at least a B (3.0) in each Certificate class to continue in the program."

Available online? Yes

Program URL: http://bmi.stanford.edu/prospective-students/distance-education.html

See also

• Stanford University School of Medicine

Additional external links

• Biomedical Informatics at Stanford