Stanford University

The Stanford Faculty

David Starr Jordan was named president in March 1891, and by June his first workforce – 15 men of “youth and insightful guarantee” – had acknowledged arrangements. Jordan looked for educators who joined capacities for showing and research, and he composed, “Mr. Stanford needs me to get the best. He needs no elaborate or sit still teachers.”

Today, Stanford has 2,153 individuals from the professoriate personnel. Staff at Stanford are required to be among the best educators and specialists in their fields. There are 562 employees selected to enriched seats.

Stanford’s present group of researchers incorporates:

18 National Medal of Science beneficiaries

2 National Medal of Technology beneficiaries

5 Wolf Foundation Prize champs

2 Presidential Medal of Freedom beneficiaries

287 American Academy of Arts and Sciences individuals

163 National Academy of Sciences individuals

107 National Academy of Engineering individuals

66 National Academy of Medicine individuals

29 National Academy of Education individuals

48 American Philosophical Society individuals

2 Fields Medal champs

6 Koret Foundation Prize champs

Staff

In 2015, 11,481 staff individuals upheld educating, learning and research at Stanford, including 6,248 administrative and expert staff, 2,881 administrative and specialized staff, and 963 administration and upkeep staff. There are 1,389 representatives at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. For more data about working at Stanford, visit jobs.stanford.edu.
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