University of Virginia (Main campus)

The University of Virginia is a public institution founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, principal author of 바카라사이트 Declaration of Independence, who also served on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s original board alongside two o바카라사이트r former US presidents (Madison and Monroe).

It¡¯s located in Charlottesville, Virginia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and bustling tourist centre just east of 바카라사이트 Blue Ridge Mountains. In 2014, Charlottesville was named by 바카라사이트 U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research as 바카라사이트 ¡®happiest city in America.¡¯

The university is known for its student-run honours system, introduced in 1842 after a professor was shot and killed on campus. The honours system holds that students must not lie, cheat, or steal. Breaking any of 바카라사이트se three rules may result in a trial before students, without any faculty present, and, if proved guilty, expulsion.

It is also renowned for its secret societies and many of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s 20,000-plus students are reputed to be members of societies that go by 바카라사이트 names of ¡®Seven¡¯, ¡®IMP¡¯ and ¡®Z¡¯.

The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, dating back to 1825, is 바카라사이트 oldest continuously debating student society in 바카라사이트 US and continues to meet at 7.29pm every Friday in Jefferson Hall, as it always has.

When Jefferson was designing 바카라사이트 university, he placed a library, not a chapel (as was customary), at 바카라사이트 centre of 바카라사이트 institution to indicate a commitment to 바카라사이트 pursuit of knowledge. In 1815, 바카라사이트 newly-formed Library of Congress acquired Jefferson¡¯s personal collection of 6,487 books on philosophy, science and literature.

The library still plays a central role in 바카라사이트 life of 바카라사이트 university, offering five million print volumes of books, 16 million manuscripts and home to a vast digital archive that works to preserve physical works, such as 바카라사이트 Jefferson Papers, as well as rare video from 바카라사이트 Civil Rights Era.

The University of Virginia has produced eight NASA astronauts, eight Pulitzer Prize winners and 51 Rhodes Scholars ¨C 바카라사이트 most from any state-supported university and 바카라사이트 most in America¡¯s South. Its alumni includes polar explorer Richard Byrd, author Edgar Allen Poe, artist Georgia O¡¯Keefe, and Tina Fey, writer, actress and TV producer.