2024 annual report
VCU crosses $500 million in sponsored funding for the first time.
VCU ranked in the nation's
top 100 for university utility patents for second year.
19 health science schools / department rank in the
top 50 for NIH funding for public institutions. Based on externally funded research and development expenditures for FY22, VCU was ranked in the top 50 among public research universities. Several specific research areas featured in the top 100 of the national rankings among all public research universities include:
| 1 | Visual and performing arts |
| 7 | Non-science / engineering fields (humanities, social sciences, art) |
| 11 | Education |
| 30 | Health sciences |
| 33 | Psychology |
| 33 | Social work |
| 38 | Biological and biomedical sciences |
| 39 | Life sciences |
| 64 | Computer and information sciences |
| 90 | Engineering |