West Virginia University is a public, land-grant, ...

West Virginia University is a public, land-grant, space-grant, research-intensive university in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. The University was founded in 1867. Under the terms of the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, the West Virginia Legislature created the Agricultural College of West Virginia on February 7, 1867, and the school officially opened on September 2 of the same year.