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Our Morgantown campus is just 70 miles 112 km south of Pittsburgh and 3 1/2 hours from Washington, D.C.. FAST FACTSTOP 3% OF 19, 0 0 0 U N I V E R SI T I E S WOR L DW I DE Center for W

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FIND YOUR FUTURE HERE.

P.O Box 6009

Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6009

QUESTIONS?

Email us at

Or contact a counselor directly:

CONNECT WITH US!

@wvumountaineers

@WestVirginiaU

West Virginia University partners with and employs

companies (agencies) or individuals (agents) to assist with

student recruitment.

WVU is an EEO/Afﬁ rmative Action Employer —

minority/female/disability/veteran.

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At West Virginia University,

you will fi nd your family, your

mentors, your friends —

fellow Mountaineers who will

guide and inspire you every

step of the way Who will you

become? Where will you go?

Ready to fi nd out? Let’s go!

THIS IS

YOUR FUTURE.

You may not know yet

where your journey will

take you, or which path to

choose, but one thing is

certain — it all starts now

Finding your purpose is

the ﬁ rst step Fulﬁ lling it

will be a lifelong journey

But you’ll never have to

travel that path alone.

WELCOME TO WVU:

go.wvu.edu/almost-heaven

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Our Morgantown campus is just 70 miles (112 km) south of Pittsburgh and 3 1/2 hours from Washington, D.C

Morgantown is within a 500-mile (800 km) radius of

one-third of the population of the U.S.

FLIGHT TIMES

TOKYO TO PITTSBURGH — 13 hours BEIJING TO PITTSBURGH — 14 hours RIYADH TO PITTSBURGH — 14 hours DELHI TO PITTSBURGH — 19 hours RIO TO PITTSBURGH — 13 hours BOGOTA TO PITTSBURGH — 8.5 hours LAGOS TO PITTSBURGH — 15 hours

VIRTUAL TOUR

Check out WVU from wherever you are, whenever you want

admissions.wvu.edu/visit

SEATTLE

LOS ANGELES

DALLAS

NEW YORK CITY BOSTON

WASHINGTON, D.C.

MORGANTOWN

HOUSTON

MIAMI

6 hours

6.5 hours

3 hours

6 hours

9 hours

3.5 hours

378 miles/608 km

590 miles/950 km

205 miles/330 km

3 hours

PITTSBURGH

1.5 hours

76 miles/122 km

CLEVELAND

204 miles/328 km 3.5 hours

CHARLOTTE, NC

6 hours

377 miles/606 km

ORLANDO

2 hours

DETROIT

355 miles/571 km 5.5 hours

CHICAGO

528 miles/849 km

8 hours

Where we are.

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FAST FACTS

TOP 3%

OF 19, 0 0 0

U N I V E R SI T I E S WOR L DW I DE

(Center for World University Rankings — 2018)

18:1 (means more personal

attention from professors)

STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO

18

intercollegiate varsity sports

(get your game face on)

200,000+

worldwide alumni

(your Mountaineer network)

7

LIBRARIES

1,821,669

BOOKS

400,845

EBOOKS

14 Colleges and Schools

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design John Chambers College of Business and Economics College of Creative Arts School of Dentistry College of Education and Human Services Benjamin M Statler College

of Engineering and Mineral Resources College of Law Reed College of Media School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Pharmacy College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences School of Public Health

360 majors

(Total Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and Professional)

140 UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

142

MINORS

138 Master’s 82 Doctoral and Professional

Potential employers have included FedEx, GE, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Deloitte, Marathon, Nalco/Ecolab

HIRE WVU GRADUATES.

Hundreds of companies

FAST FACTS

WVU IS ONE OF ONLY

130 R1 INSTITUTIONS

in the U.S to earn the “very high research” designation

(a group that includes Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford) from 50

U.S states

from 108 countries speak 100 languages

undergraduates participated in real research projects3,200

W V U I S A C C R E D I T E D

B Y T H E H I G H E R

L E A R N I N G C O M M I S S I O N

Many degree programs hold specialized accreditation.

1,860I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D E N T S

U.S NEWS & WORLD

REPORT RANKINGS

U N D E R G R A D UAT E P R O G R A M S

120 Engineering

G R A D UAT E P R O G R A M S

O N L I N E P R O G R A M S

258 Bachelor's (all offerings)

32 Master's in Computer Information Technology

34 Master's in Business

47 MBA

60 Master's in Education

31 Pharmacy

37 Rehabilitation Counseling

58 Medical Schools

(Primary Care)

64 Clinical Psychology

70 Social Work

73 Audiology

73 Fine Arts

79 Education

79 Occupational Therapy

83 Economics

83 Physical Therapy

84 Medical Schools

(Research)

90 Public Affairs Programs

96 Political Science

98 History

99English

100 Physics

102 Public Health

107 Earth Sciences

109 Speech-Language Pathology

111 Computer Science

111 Law

114 Chemistry

125 Engineering

127 Mathematics

131 Psychology

175 Biological Sciences

W V U S Y S T E M

E N R O L L M E N T

at our three campuses: WVU Morgantown,

WVU Beckley and WVU Keyser

College Gazette describes

WVU as one of the

TOP 10 “HIDDEN GEM”

public universities in the U.S.

WVU won a 2019 Senator Paul Simon Award for

CAMPUS INTERNATIONALIZATION

WVU is the FBI’s national

26,000 WVU MORGANTOWN students at all levels

4,200 + graduate students

51% females

49% males

11,900 + out-of-state students

+

1,400 + professional students

2019 FRESHMAN PROFILE

ACT 23 SAT 1195 GPA 3.45

best set

WVU does not require ACT/SAT scores for admission.

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J.W Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown includes

WVU Medicine Children’s and a level-1 trauma center

Five healthcare schools (Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing,

Pharmacy, Public Health)

WVU Medicine was included by Newsweek on its

inaugural list of the “World’s Best Hospitals”

Home of the world’s

FIRST INSTITUTE

devoted to studying human memory, the WVU

Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute was

the first in the world to use

DEEP BRAIN

STIMULATION

to fight opioid addiction

One of

a few.

We are one of only about a dozen

schools in the U.S that are land-grant ,

doctoral research universities with a

comprehensive medical school This

means we have a lab, classroom, care

center, hospital or resource for every

system in the human body We are also a

space-grant university , part of a network

formed for outer space-related research.

R O B O T S R U L E

The WVU Robotics student team came in first in NASA’s 2019 Mars Ice Challenge (they previously won in 2017) and won the 2016 Sample Return Robot Challenge — beating over 50 other schools

youtube.com/watch?v=wdVCotOvVz4

The best faculty and students want to be at R1 institutions You will work with incredible researchers and teachers, and your degree will be respected Plus, you get to play with (OK, learn from) some really cool toys, facilities and academic collections.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

GREEN BANK OBSERVATORY

WV STEPS CENTER

(HAS LIFELIKE PATIENT SIMULATORS RANGING FROM BABIES TO ADULTS)

CERAMICS STUDIO WITH POTTERY WHEELS AND KILNS

13 FARMS AND FORESTS ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA

NEARLY 5,000 PIECES

OF ARTWORK IN THE WVU ART MUSEUM

WORLD’S LARGEST COLLECTION

OF VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI

(THAT’S A LOT OF MUSHROOMS)

HISTORIC COSTUME COLLECTION TELESCOPE AND PLANETARIUM

CLEAN ROOMS (E.G., FOR

ELECTRONICS FABRICATION)

FLIGHT SIMULATOR

CORE ARBORETUM (AN

OLD-GROWTH FOREST, RIGHT ON CAMPUS FOR RESEARCH)

R1 RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION

WVU is in the most elite category of research schools, alongside Harvard, Yale and Johns Hopkins WVU researchers have:

received $181.4 million in external funding for research and sponsored programs

helped discover the most massive neutron star been part of a team that helped to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity

discovered fast radio bursts in outer space

youtube.com/watch?v=T-d1ixk-Y9k

Check out some student-researchers

at undergraduateresearch.wvu.

edu/student-spotlights

It’s easy to move on to a

professional health-related

career at WVU.

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CRICKET

KINGS.

WVU’s club cricket team won the 2019 American College Cricket national championship The team captain, Sai Satish Guda, a mechanical engineering doctoral student from India, played on the team for six years.

Photo Credit: American Cricket Association

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Our online Music Industry program is ranked as one of the

top-seven in the U.S.

The WVU Crime Scene Complex, which includes four houses

and a vehicle processing center, is one of the fi ve most-innovative

labs in the U.S (ForensicsColleges.com)

WVU’s Statler College is ranked as the #4 Best Value

Engineering School (Best Value Schools).

We are one of only three ABET accredited programs in the

U.S that includes both petroleum and natural gas engineering

The WVU Reed College of Media is one of only 39 schools

(internationally) awarded Certifi cation for Education in Public Relations

Our Aquatics Therapy program (in the exercise physiology

major) is the only one in the U.S

The Robbins Center for Global Business and Strategy

supports research and outreach related to global business

strategies in G20 countries

The WVU School of Pharmacy is ranked in the top 20% of

national schools

The Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions (CAFEE)

made worldwide headlines about ethical vehicle emissions testing.

WVU has been named in the top sales schools in the world for

nine consecutive years by the Professional Sales Institute

WVU LAUNCHLAB

Bring us your vision, and we will help you bring it to life You’ll fi nd

an entrepreneurial ecosystem to help you launch your business,

market your product, design your future — and turn your

boldness into purpose

210+ BUSINESSES

in the pipeline 1,900+

student visits $90,000+

in startup funding

NEUROSCIENCE

is one of hottest fi elds of science; WVU students have access

to the latest high-resolution imaging equipment to watch nerve

cells in action

wvumedicine.org/rni

INCREDIBLE

TEACHERS —

Nearly 1,000 of your future mentors hold a doctorate, meaning

they are experts in their fi elds And they can’t wait to share that

knowledge with you

We go ﬁ rst.

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A special place.

138,709

Greater Morgantown metropolitan area population

local places of worship OVERrepresenting many denominations.100

30,547

population, a small city ranked at #20 of the

“50 Best College Towns in America” (Best College Reviews).

M O R G A N T O W N :

At WVU you will ﬁ nd

friendly people and a great

mix of students and faculty

from around the U.S and

the world Our community

prides itself on inclusivity,

an eclectic arts scene and

incredible natural beauty.

PEACE OF MIND

WVU and Morgantown are one of only 28 U.S

communities to be recognized and accredited by

the National Safety Council

Among the top 40 safest campuses in the U.S

(National Council for Home Safety and Security)

24-hour security provided by professional offi cers

MEDICAL CARE

Morgantown is a regional healthcare hub with a

level-one trauma center and many options for specialty care

WVU Student Health offers wellness visits, physicals,

vaccinations, on-site X-rays, lab services and more

And the Mountaineer Pharmacy is right next door, with

24/7 automated prescription refi lls

Miles of riverside trails for cycling, running, rollerblading, walking your dog or strolling to see the sunset, run right by campus

Beautiful spots to enjoy camping, rock climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding and world-class whitewater rafting are nearby

WVU and Morgantown host many fairs and festivals year-round,

including the International Street Festival, usually held in the fall on the town’s main street, and the International Festival,

held in the spring on campus, when local schoolchildren visit to meet those from other countries

MORGANTOWN HAS A TEMPERATE CLIMATE WITH FOUR DISTINCT SEASONS:

spring, summer, fall (autumn) and winter.

Average rainfall: 103 cm / 40.6" Average snowfall: 76 cm / 30"

Elevation: 293 m / 960 ft Sunny days each year: 155

COOLEST TRANSPORTATION ANYWHERE

The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system is a unique, easy-to-use and fun way to get around Powered by electric motors, the computer-driven cars arrive at one

of ﬁ ve stations within ﬁ ve minutes after you swipe your Mountaineer Card The PRT has transported over 84 million people (so far) And it’s free for students!

45state

parks

8state

forests

2

national forests

W E S T V I R G I N I A H A S :

SPRING

Late March to early June

22° C / 72° F

average high temperature

10° C / 43° F

average low temperature

youtube.com/watch?v=MJIpeuqAUak

SUMMER

June to early September

32° C / 90° F

16° C / 60° F

youtube.com/watch?v=ih6VTF1YV1o

FALL

Late September

to December

19° C / 65° F

6° C / 43° F

youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2RXNgx26Q

WINTER

December to mid-March

7° C / 44° F

-4° C / 25° F

youtube.com/watch?v=FzURzbajIJA

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We have housing options for every need and want —

from residence halls with tons of amenities to

Living-Learning Communities that encourage you to build

your professional network from day one.

First Year • Sophomore • Junior • Senior

424 Capacity | Singles • Doubles • Triples

B R A X T O N

T O W E R

B R O O K E

T O W E R

High-Speed Internet On-Site Dining

Fitness Room

Cable Service Study Rooms

Air Conditioning

Gender Laundry Facilities

Academic Resource Center KEY

B O R E M A N

S O U T H

Single Suite • Double Suite • Triple Suite • Quad Suite

B O R E M A N

N O R T H

B E N N E T T

T O W E R

D A D I S M A N

H A L L

First Year Only

349 Capacity | Single Suite • Double Suite

H O N O R S

H A L L

First Year Only

L I N C O L N

H A L L

LY O N

T O W E R

430 Capacity | Double (spa-style bathrooms)

O A K L A N D

H A L L E A S T

432 Capacity | Double (spa-style bathrooms)

O A K L A N D

H A L L W E S T

S U M M I T

H A L L

474 Capacity | Double Suite • Triple Suite • Quad Suite

S E N E C A

H A L L

S TA L N A K E R

H A L L

HOUSING

housing.wvu.edu

LIVING AND LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Learning doesn’t stop at the doorway

of your classroom In our residence hall Living-Learning Communities (LLC), you can immerse yourself in what matters most to you by living with new friends who share the same passions Topics for these optional communities include business, engineering, healthcare and the Global LLC, where international and domestic students learn from each other

go.wvu.edu/living-learning

WVU APARTMENTS

You can keep living on campus after your time in a residence hall We have four apartment complexes that let you stay close to everything and enjoy the security of having WVU as your landlord

universityapartments.wvu.edu

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Make it

your own.

OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTER

And what kind of Mountaineers would we be if we didn’t have an Outdoor Recreation Center? You can rent equipment for camping, skiing, canoeing, bicycling, etc., at really low prices

WVU’S STUDENT RECREATION

CENTER HAS

IT ALL:

SIX-LANE FITNESS POOL LEISURE POOL WEIGHT ROOM TREADMILLS STAIR STEPPERS SQUASH COURTS

RACQUETBALL COURTS BASKETBALL COURTS

VOLLEYBALL COURTS BADMINTON COURTS WHIRLPOOL

BUBBLE JET COUCH

(LIKE A HOT TUB)

ELEVATED RUNNING TRACK

50-FOOT (15 m) INDOOR CLIMBING WALL

L A N G U A G E S

Y O U M I G H T

H E A R O N

C A M P U S : SPANISH ARABIC GERMAN ITALIAN KOREAN HINDI RUSSIAN MANDARIN

WVU offers countless chances to

carve out your own experience To not

only learn, but do To literally climb a

mountain Meet people who will change

your life Become a scholar, a researcher,

an adventurer There are no limits.

INTERNATIONAL

STUDENTS AND

SCHOLARS SERVICES

will help you adjust to life in the U.S and at WVU From visa

information (isss.wvu.edu/students/prospective-students)

to travel tips and advice about employment and optional

practical training, they are your advocates isss.wvu.edu

The Office of Student Employment helps students

FIND JOBS

on campus studentemployment.wvu.edu

This is WVU.

campusrecreation.wvu.edu

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