弗吉尼亚大学(英文:University of Virginia,简称U.Va.或UVA)是由托马斯·杰斐逊于美国弗吉尼亚州的夏洛茨维尔创建的一所公立研究型大学。三位美国总统(杰斐逊、麦迪逊和门罗)为其最初校董会成员。该校为最初的八所公立常春藤成员,其校区曾是北美唯一名列联合国教育科学文化组织世界遗产名单的高等院校校区[3]。在美国历史上,弗吉尼亚大学以其首创建筑、天文和哲学等学术领域而著称,同时也是第一所将教育独立于教会的高校。该校工程和应用科学学院为全美第一所附属于大学的工程学院。
荣誉之人 (The Honor Men) 是一首在二十世纪初由一位学生詹姆士·黑二世所写的一首诗[13]
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The Honor Men
by James Hay Jr.
The University of Virginia writes her highest degree on the souls of her sons. The parchment page of scholarship-the colored ribbon of a society-the jeweled emblem of a fraternity-the orange symbol of athletic prowess-all these, a year hence, will be at the best mementos of happy hours-like the withered flower a woman presses between the pages of a book for sentiment's sake.
But...
If you live a long, long time, and hold honesty of conscience above honesty of purse:
And turn aside without ostentation to aid the weak;
And treasure ideals more than raw ambition;
And track no man to his undeserved hurt;
And pursue no woman to her tears;
And love the beauty of noble music and mist-veiled mountains and blossoming valleys and great monuments-
If you live a long time and, keeping the faith in all these things hour by hour, still see that the sun gilds your path with real gold and that the moon floats in dream silver;
Then...
Remembering the purple shadows of the lawn, the majesty of the colonnades, and the dream of your youth, you may say in reverence and thankfulness:
"I have worn the honors of Honor, I graduated from Virginia"
弗吉尼亚大学的竞技体育团体处于NCAA第一级别A组,自1953年,成为了大西洋沿岸联盟的成员。所属的运动队被称为“弗吉尼亚骑士”(the Virginia Cavaliers)(亦被称为“Wahoo”或者“Hoos”)已经获得了15项公认的美国大学体育联盟的全国冠军,其中的12项是在1980年后获得。其最著名的体育设施包括斯考特体育场,大学体育馆,Klöckner体育场,以及健身和水上中心。约翰·保罗·琼斯竞技场于2006年完工。