List of Specifications
If you have declared a major, check the major List of Specifications below or contact your department to confirm the configuration you will need. Many colleges and departments do have additional requirements and suggestions beyond the university baseline.
Please note that manufacturers typically update technology and provide specifications for new models during the spring. Therefore, to ensure that you receive the most recent technology Virginia Tech highly recommends that you wait until the summer before you arrive on campus to purchase a computer.
The University Baseline Specifications are the same as those listed for University Studies/Undecided.
Select your intended major from the list below to see your specific requirements:
Accounting and Information Systems
Advertising
Aerospace Engineering
Agribusiness
Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Technology (Associate's Degree)
Animal and Poultry Sciences
Arabic
Architecture
Art History
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences (Biology)
Biological Systems Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Building Construction
Business (undecided)
Business Information Technology
Career and Technical Education – Agriculture Education
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Childhood Pre-Education
Cinema
Civil Engineering
Classical Studies
Clinical Neuroscience
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
Communication
Community Economic Development
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics
Computational and Systems Neuroscience
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Construction Engineering and Management
Consumer Studies
Creative Technologies
Creative Writing
Criminology
Crop and Soil Sciences
Dairy Science
Ecological Restoration
Economics (College of Science)
Electrical Engineering
Elementary Education (PK-6)
English
English Language Arts Education
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Environmental Conservation and Society
Environmental Economics: Management and Policy
Environmental Horticulture
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Policy and Planning
Environmental Resources Management
Environmental Science
EUropean and Transatlantic Studies
Experimental Neuroscience
Explore Science (undecided)
Exploring Architecture and Urban Studies (undecided)
Exploring Life Sciences (undecided)
Exploring Natural Resources (undecided)
Fashion Merchandising and Design
Finance
Fish Conservation
Food and Health Systems Economics
Food Science and Technology
Forestry
French
General Engineering
Geography
Geosciences
German
Graphic Design
History
History and Social Science Education
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Human Development
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
Humanities for Public Service
Industrial Design
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Interior Design
International Public Policy
International Relations
International Studies
International Trade and Development
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Design and Turfgrass Science
Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (undecided)
Management
Marketing
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Mechanical Engineering
Medicinal Chemistry
Meteorology
Microbiology
Mining and Mineral Engineering
Multimedia Journalism
Music
Nanomedicine
Nanoscience
National Security and Foreign Affairs
Ocean Engineering
Packaging Systems and Design
Philosophy
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Physics
Plant Sciences
Political Science
Polymer Chemistry
Professional and Technical Writing
Property Management
Psychology
Public Health
Public Relations
Real Estate
Religion and Culture
Residential Environments and Design
Russian
Smart and Sustainable Cities
Sociology
Spanish
Sports Media and Analytics
Statistics
Studio Art
Sustainable Biomaterials
Systems Biology
Theatre Arts
University Studies (undecided)
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management
Wildlife Conservation