The place to support college robotics.

VT CRO is Virginia Tech’s largest design team organization. Our teams design, build and compete with real robots, and we grow every year. If you want to support robotics at the college level, there’s no better place to do it.

Become a sponsor
Members
132
Design teams
7
Support teams
5
Awards & honors
11

The best engineers at Virginia Tech

VT CRO recruits the most driven engineers on campus, from every discipline. Electrical and computer engineers, mechanical engineers, computer scientists and more work side by side on mechanical design, electronics, embedded systems, software and AI.

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Industrial & Systems Engineering
Acceptance rate
17%
Average GPA
3.71

Events we host

Our events put sponsors in front of hundreds of students, families and engineers.

  • CRO-Down

    Our VEX robotics competition: two days and two competitions, one for high school teams (VRC) and one for university teams (VEX U).

    High school teams
    22
    University teams
    7
    Attendees
    550
    Livestream viewers
    375

  • CRO Expo

    A showcase of Virginia Tech’s premier design teams, run by students.

    Exhibiting teams
    11
    Attendees
    400

What sponsors get

  • Resume access

    Resumes of pre-vetted, highly motivated students, ready when you’re hiring.

  • Company information sessions

    Host sessions to share job opportunities and what a career at your company looks like.

  • Lab tours & student engagement

    Meet our engineers in the lab, and be seen at our competitions and outreach events.

  • Brand visibility

    Your brand on our projects and robots, in front of students, judges and audiences.

Sponsorship tiers

  1. Platinum

    $25,000+

    • Naming rights to a design team
    • Logo on VT CRO merch

  2. Diamond

    $15,000 – $24,999

    • Info session with a team
    • Sponsor a senior design team

  3. Gold

    $5,000 – $14,999

    • Access to the resume book
    • Advertising at VT CRO events

  4. Silver

    $1,000 – $4,999

    • An info email to all members
    • Invitations to VT CRO events, with your sponsor status displayed
    • Logo on the website

Each tier includes every benefit of the tiers below it.

Thank you to our sponsors

Corporate Supporters

Department Supporters

Start a conversation

Tell us what your company is looking for, and we’ll find the right way to work together.

Email contact@vtcro.org