Virginia Tech’s nationally ranked College of Architecture, Arts, and Design's mission is to understand, through acts of creation, design, and analysis, the forces that give meaning and value to the built environments that shape our lives. With an enrollment of 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students, the college houses four schools: the School of Architecture, the School of Visual Arts, the School of Performing Arts, and the School of Design. AAD students invent creative, sustainable solutions to global problems, working directly with faculty, community, and industry partners.