Stanford University

Stanford University is an educational and research institution that provides academic programs in sciences and interdisciplinary areas. The university offers graduate, undergraduate, executive, professional, continuing, and K-12 education. It focuses on areas such as earth sciences, engineering, humanities and sciences, business, education, law, and medicine. The university also provides research facilities that include Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, National Bureau of Economic Research, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Woods Institute for the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts. Stanford University was founded in 1885 and is based in Stanford, California.