If speaking about the campuses of the Leland Stanford Junior University, one has to mention that it has rather a large territory – 32 square kilometers. Sometimes it is said that Stafford University possesses the larger territory than any other university in the world.
When the campuses of the Stanford University were just planned in 1886, Leland Stanford invited the president from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Amasa Walker and famous Boston landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in order to receive a professional consultation, and with the help of Charles Coolidge and Henry Richardson the design of the appearance of The Leland Stanford Junior University was created.
However, in 1906, the majority of the construction was damaged by the strong earthquake, and in 1989, the further damages were brought to the Leland Stanford Junior University by the Loma Prieta Earthquake. After this earthquake the global improvement of the Leland Stanford Junior University was started.
Nowadays, Stanford University includes the flowing schools: School of Humanities ad Sciences, school of earth Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Education, Stanford Law School, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University School of Medicine.
The following degrees are offered by the Leland Stanford Junior University B.S., B.A., B.A.S., M.A., Ph.D., Ed.D, Ed.S, M.B.A., J.S.M., J.S.D., J.D., L.L.M., M.A.T., M.L.S., M.F.A., M.S.M., ENG.