Stanford University (formally Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private examination college in Stanford, California, and one of the world's driving institutions,with the top position in various rankings and measures in the United States.

Stanford was established in 1885 by Leland Stanford, previous Governor of and U.S. Congressperson from California and driving railroad big shot, and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, in memory of their just kid, Leland Stanford, Jr., who had kicked the bucket of typhoid fever at age 15 the earlier year. Stanford was opened on October 1, 1891 as a coeducational and non-denominational organization. Educational cost was free until 1920. The college battled fiscally after Leland Stanford's 1893 demise and again after a great part of the grounds was harmed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman bolstered personnel and graduates' entrepreneurialism to manufacture independent neighborhood industry in what might later be known as Silicon Valley. By 1970, Stanford was home to a direct quickening agent, and was one of the first four ARPANET hubs (forerunner to the Internet). 

The fundamental grounds is situated in northern Santa Clara Valley adjoining Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Different property, for example, labs, and nature stores, are situated outside the principle campus.Its 8,180-section of land (3,310 ha) grounds is one of the biggest in the United States. The college is likewise one of the top gathering pledges establishments in the nation, turning into the first school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year. 

Stanford's scholastic quality is wide with 40 offices in the three scholarly schools that have college understudies and another four expert schools. Understudies contend in 36 varsity sports, and the college is one of two private organizations in the Division I FBS Pacific-12 Conference. It has increased 107 NCAA group titles, the second-most for a college, 476 individual titles, the most in Division I,and has won the NACDA Directors' Cup, perceiving the college with the best general athletic group accomplishment, consistently since 1994-1995. 

Stanford staff and graduated class have established numerous organizations including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Sun Microsystems, Instagram and Yahoo!, and organizations established by Stanford graduated class create more than $2.7 trillion in yearly income, comparable to the tenth biggest economy in the world. It is the place of graduation of 30 living very rich people, 17 space travelers, and 18 Turing Award laureates. It is likewise one of the main makers of individuals from the United States Congress.The University has associated with 59 Nobel laureates and 2 Fields Medalists (when granted).

Main campus

Stanford University is situated on a 8,180-section of land (3,310 ha)grounds on the San Francisco Peninsula, in the northwest piece of the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley) roughly 37 miles (60 km) southeast of San Francisco and around 20 miles (32 km) northwest ofSan Jose. In 2008, 60% of this area remained undeveloped.The primary grounds is contiguous Palo Alto, limited by El Camino Real, Stanford Avenue, Junipero Serra Boulevard, and Sand Hill Road. The college additionally works at a few more remote areas (see underneath).

Stanford's primary grounds is an enumeration assigned spot inside unincorporated Santa Clara County, albeit a portion of the college area (counting the Stanford Shopping Center and the Stanford Research Park) is inside of the city furthest reaches of Palo Alto. The grounds likewise incorporates much land in unincorporated San Mateo County (counting the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve), and in addition in the city furthest reaches of Menlo Park (Stanford Hills neighborhood), Woodside, and Portola Valley. The United States Postal Service has allocated Stanford two ZIP codes: 94305 for grounds mail and 94309 for P.O. box mail. It exists in range code 650.

Other campuses

Stanford presently works or means to work in different areas outside of its fundamental grounds.

On the establishing give yet far from the principle grounds:

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a 1,200-section of land (490 ha) regular store possessed by the college and utilized by untamed life scientists for examination, found south of the principle grounds.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is an office found west of principle grounds and initially claimed by Stanford however now worked by the college for the Department of Energy. It contains the longest direct atom smasher on the planet, 2 miles (3.2 km) on 426 sections of land (172 ha) of land.

Fairway and a regular lake: The college likewise has its own green and an occasional (Lake Lagunita, really a watering system supply), both home to the defenseless California tiger lizard. Lake Lagunita is frequently dry now, however the college has no arrangements to falsely fill it.

Off the establishing award: 

Hopkins Marine Station, situated in Pacific Grove, California, is a sea life science examination focus possessed by the college since 1892.

Concentrate abroad areas: not at all like normal concentrate abroad projects, Stanford itself works in areas around the world; in this way, every area, which runs from Beijing to Cape Town, has Stanford workforce in-living arrangement and staff notwithstanding understudies, making a "smaller than usual Stanford."

China: Stanford Center at Peking University housed in the Lee Jung Sen Building is a little place for analysts and understudies as a team with Peking University.

Areas being developed: 

Redwood City: in 2005, the college acquired a little, 35-section of land (14 ha) grounds in Midpoint Technology Park proposed for staff workplaces, in spite of the fact that it remains undeveloped.