The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,
founded in 1978, is a separate institution on the same campus, paid for by the two US
states of Virginia and Maryland and jointly operated by VT and the University of Maryland. VMRCVM
and VT jointly operate an equine center in Leesburg,
Virginia, and VMRCVM has a small operation on the University of Maryland's College Park, Maryland campus.In 2003, a school of osteopathic medicine called the
Edward Via Virginia
College of Osteopathic Medicine opened in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, an office park adjacent to and owned and
operated by the university as a local business incubator. VCOM is incorporated as a private, non-profit institution with no state
interest, but is very closely affiliated with Virginia Tech on an operational level.In 2002, a biomedical engineering program, called the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES), was created as a
cooperative venture between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest
University. SBES offers opportunities to undergraduates and grants M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering.