Excellence Speaks for Itself
- WSU is among the top 50 public research universities as ranked by the National Science Foundation.
- TechTown, WSU’s 12-block research and technology park, includes 44 companies, and reflects WSU’s long-term commitment to building an entrepreneurial culture on campus and in the community.
- WSU is noted among the 15 best research institutions at which to work in academia in the nation according to a 2006 survey by The Scientist.
- The Princeton Review named WSU’s School of Business Administration one of the best business schools for 2008.
- WSU is at the forefront of developing electronic, web-accessible collections. WSU leads the Association of Research Libraries in the percentage of budget dedicated to electronic resources.
- WSU opened nine buildings since 2000, including three residence halls. A $27.3 million engineering facility to support research and technology will open in FY09. The Richard J. Mazurek, M.D., Medical Education Commons, the nucleus of medical programs for undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education, will open in FY09. The Chemistry Building and Scott Hall in the School of Medicine have undergone renovations, and plans for a biomedical research building are underway. Classrooms, four ethnic rooms and faculty offices on the first floor of Manoogian Hall were renovated in 2008.
