Located on two downtown campuses in Richmond, VA (USA), Virginia Commonwealth University is ranked nationally by the Carnegie Foundation as a top research institution and enrolls nearly 30,000 students in more than 170 certificate, undergraduate, graduate, professional and doctoral programs in the arts, sciences. 26 graduate and professional programs have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the nation’s best. VCU has over 1600 international students from 116 countries studying on F-1 visas. Recently we were ranked one of the Top 100 Global Universities.

　　Richmond, the capital of Virginia, only 90 miles from Washington, DC is home to VCU. The metro Richmond area has 1.2 million people, and 9 Fortune 500 companies. Major industries include engineering, bio-medical research and finance. Students have easy access to public transportation, restaurants, outdoor recreation and affordable housing.