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It has 26,370 students on-campus, about 17% of whom are graduate students.  It has a strong sports and engineering programs, resulting in much larger percentage of male students than most colleges: 58.1% male and 41.9% female.  Many of its students are from foreign countries.

It has 26,370 students on-campus, about 17% of whom are graduate students.  It has a strong sports and engineering programs, resulting in much larger percentage of male students than most colleges: 58.1% male and 41.9% female.  Many of its students are from foreign countries.

The school received international attention after one of its seniors, [[Seung-Hui Cho]], massacred 32 students and faculty on April 16, 2007.  Cho had written and submitted as coursework disturbing papers that, in hindsight, appeared to reflect an unstable person obsessed with violence.

[[Image:800px-2007 Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Students gather for a prayer vigil after the massacre that took thirty-two lives]]The school received international attention after one of its seniors, Seung-Hui Cho, massacred thirty-two students and faculty on April 16, 2007.  Cho had written and submitted as coursework disturbing papers that, in hindsight, appeared to reflect an unstable person obsessed with violence.

Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, with 132 students, a president and three professors: one each in English; natural philosophy and chemistry; and technical agriculture and mechanics.<ref>Heatwole, Cornelius Jacob (1916), ''A History of Education in Virginia,'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=BuscAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA204&dq=%22virginia+polytechnic+institute%22&as_brr=1#PPA207,M1 pp. 204-7]</ref>  

Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, with 132 students, a president and three professors: one each in English; natural philosophy and chemistry; and technical agriculture and mechanics.<ref>Heatwole, Cornelius Jacob (1916), ''A History of Education in Virginia,'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=BuscAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA204&dq=%22virginia+polytechnic+institute%22&as_brr=1#PPA207,M1 pp. 204-7]</ref>  

==Athletics==

==Athletics==

Virginia Tech's sports teams compete in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]], which they joined in 2004, along with [[University of Miami|Miami]] and, later, [[Boston College]].  Tech's [[American football|football]] team competed for a national title against [[Florida State University|Florida State]] following the 1999 season and in 2004, captured the ACC crown in its first year in the conference.  The [[college basketball|men's basketball]] team, after a ten-year drought, returned to the [[NCAA tournament]] following the 2006-07 season.  In 2007, Tech's softball team shut out [[Georgia Tech]] 2-0 to capture the ACC championship and in golf, the Hokies split the conference title with the Yellow Jackets that year.

[[Image:450px-2006 Clemson at Virginia Tech celebration.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Students celebrate on the drillfield following Tech's 2006 victory over then #10 [[Clemson University]].]]Virginia Tech's sports teams compete in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]], which they joined in 2004, along with [[University of Miami|Miami]] and, later, [[Boston College]].  Tech's [[American football|football]] team competed for a national title against [[Florida State University|Florida State]] following the 1999 season and in 2004, captured the ACC crown in its first year in the conference.  The [[college basketball|men's basketball]] team, after a ten-year drought, returned to the [[NCAA tournament]] following the 2006-07 season.  In 2007, Tech's softball team shut out [[Georgia Tech]] 2-0 to capture the ACC championship and in golf, the Hokies split the conference title with the Yellow Jackets that year.

==Notes and references==

==Notes and references==

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