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Stanford University

Services and Facilities

Address

Stanford, CA 94305

Website

http://www.stanford.edu

Admissions E-mail

admission@stanford.edu

Student Services

Basic services offered:

nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance, other

Remedial learning services offered:

N/A

Counseling services offered:

career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career Center

Career services include:

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Graduates who enter job market in field related to major:

Within six months of graduation:

N/A

Within one year of graduation:

N/A

Within two years of graduation:

N/A

Firms that most frequently hire graduates:

Apple; Boeing; Goldman Sachs; Google; Intel; Lockheed Martin; McKinsey; Microsoft; Yahoo

Library

School has a library on campus?

Yes

School is a member of library consortia?

Yes

Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:

8,461,615

Number of current serial subscriptions:

30,850

Number of microforms:

5,959,253

Number of audiovisual materials:

1,612,024

Number of E-books:

365,000

Additional library facilities:

Fourteen main/branch libraries and five coordinate libraries. Main libraries: Art and Architecture Library, Branner Earth Sciences Library, Cecil H. Green Library, Cubberley Education Library, East Asia Library, Engineering Library, Falconer Biology Library, J. Henry Meyer Memorial Library, Mathematical and Computer Sciences Library, Miller Library at Hopkins Marine Station, Music Library--Archive of Recorded Sound, Physics Library, Stanford Auxiliary Library, Swain Library of Chemistry

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:

The Hopkins Marine Station, the Iris & Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, and the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. There are 13 independent laboratories, centers and institutes at Stanford and three national and international research centers.

Computer Resources

Students required to take a computer course?

No

Students required to lease/own a computer?

No

Number of computers available to all students:

1,500

Internet access available to all students?

Yes

E-mail accounts available to all students?

Yes

Computers available for student use in:

computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of open, wired network connections available to students:

In the library (excluding computer labs):

400

In classrooms:

80

In computer labs:

550

Elsewhere in the school/university:

375

Does the school have a wireless network?

Yes

Areas where wireless network is available:

in all the libraries; in some classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:

5,000

Recommended computer operating system on campus:

N/A

Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:

100%

Student webpages permitted?

Yes

Is online registration for classes available?

Yes

Campus Safety

Campus safety and security services offered:

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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