VCU

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. It was created in 1968 when the Virginia General Assembly merged the Medical College of Virginia, founded in 1838, with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917. VCU has two main campuses in Richmond: the Monroe Park Campus, west of downtown, and the MCV Campus in the urban center. The MCV Campus houses the VCU Medical Center and the university's health sciences schools. VCU describes its mission as serving as one national urban public research institution dedicated to the success and well-being of its students, patients, faculty, staff and community.