The University of Virginia, a great part of the time implied generally as Virginia, is an open private research school set up by Declaration of Independence maker Thomas Jefferson and arranged in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is known for its huge foundations, understudy run honor code, and secret social requests. 

UNESCO appointed UVA as America's first and only college World Heritage Site in 1987, a honor bestowed to contiguous Monticello The school was set up in 1819 and its one of a kind managing Board of Visitors included U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Monroe was the sitting President of the United States at the season of its foundation. Jefferson and Madison were the introductory two pastors, and the Academical Village and one of a kind courses of study were considered and made by Jefferson. 

Extremely saw are the school's examination endeavors, and Science regarded UVA workforce for discovering two of the Top 10 general coherent accomplishments of 2015 (from the fields of Medicine and Psychology). UVA is one of sixty-two picked part foundations of the Association of American Universities, the relationship of otherworldly North American research universities, and the primary AAU part school arranged in Virginia. It is named a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation and is seen as Virginia's pioneer investigation school by the College Board. The school was the chief non-setting up part, and the essential school of the American South, to fulfill AAU enlistment in 1904. UVA has been implied as an "Open Ivy" by various sources.

UVA's insightful offerings are wide, with 121 offered majors over the eight schools that have school understudies and another three master schools. Students battle in 26 college diversions, and UVA drives the Atlantic Coast Conference in men's NCAA bunch national titles with 16. It is moreover second in women's NCAA titles, with 7. UVA was respected the Capital One Cup for taking care of the nation's top general men's diversions programs in 2015.

Understudies go to from each one of the 50 states and 147 countries. UVA sits on 1,682 segments of arrive on its essential grounds in Charlottesville and keeps up 2,913 areas of area outside the city at Morven Farm. The school also works the College at Wise in the far southwestern corner of the state, and right now worked George Mason University and the University of Mary Washington as satellite grounds until 1972.