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Stanford. Explore Stanford. Main Content A Societal Mission. Stanford was founded almost 150 years ago on a bedrock of societal purpose. Our mission is to contribute to the world by educating students for lives of leadership and contribution with integrity; advancing fundamental knowledge and cultivating creativity; leading in pioneering research for effective clinical therapies; and ...

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies 8,180 acres (3,310 hectares), among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students.

Where is Stanford? Silicon Valley. Located 35 miles south of San Francisco and 20 miles north of San Jose, Stanford University is in the heart of Northern California’s dynamic "Silicon Valley,” home to Yahoo!, Google, Hewlett-Packard, and many other cutting-edge companies that were started by and continue to be led by Stanford alumni and ...

The Stanford campus is located on 8,180 acres in the center of the San Francisco Peninsula. Stanford land features 49 miles of roads, two separate water systems, three dams, two open water reservoirs for irrigation and three closed potable water reservoirs, 88 miles of water mains, and a post office. Stanford’s Central Energy Facility ...

Admission Explore the possibilities of a Stanford education. 7,761 Undergraduate students Class of 2026 from 64 countries + 50 states 9,565 Graduate students Undergraduates Undergraduate Admission About 1,700 freshmen and 30 transfer students enroll at Stanford each year.

Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Clara County, California, United States and is the home of Stanford University. The population was 21,150 at the 2020 census, [3] with a daily population of 35,000. [4] References ↑ "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California". United States Census Bureau. ↑ "Stanford".