畢業季節又到了，這也代表留、遊學季節的來到，而如何選擇適合自己的學校是出國前最重要的課題。以下選出的史丹佛大學是目前世界排名第4的頂尖大學，許多高科技產業的領導者都畢業於史丹佛大學，加上前日本首相鳩山由紀夫、美國第31屆總統胡佛等政界重量級人物，讓史丹佛成為莘莘學子心目中的夢幻大學。
When Stanford University opened its doors in 1891, the first student to en- roll was Herbert Hoover, who later became president of the United States.
當史丹佛大學於 1891 年開放招生時，首位登記入學的學生就是 爾後當選美國總統的赫伯特胡佛。
Right from the start, Stanford was a coeducational school—which was rare at the time—with a liberal arts curriculum.
打從成立開始，史丹佛大學便採取當時相當罕見的男女合校制，其課程為通識教育。
During the 1940s and ’50s, Frederick Terman, Stanford’s dean of engineering,encouraged graduatesto start their own businesses, and the resultingtech companies—like Hewlett-Packard—transformed Santa ClaraValley into Silicon Valley.
在 1940 和 1950 年代之間，史丹佛工程學院院長佛德瑞克特曼大力提倡畢業生自行創業，而惠普等因此誕生的科技公司也將聖塔克拉拉谷打造成矽谷。
And in more recent years, Stanford alumnihave founded companies like Cisco Systems, Yahoo! and Google.
近年來，畢業自史丹佛的校友更成立了思科系統、雅虎及谷歌等公司。
