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vcu.edu

Virginia Commonwealth University

Last scanned Jul 25, 2026, 2:25 AM · 1 view

75

Overall score

Fair

Summary

Ranked a top 50 public research university, VCU is a place where discovery and creativity go hand in hand. This website uses Google Analytics hosted on VCU-ASN1 - Virginia Commonwealth University, US. SEO is fair (70/100) and accessibility is excellent (90/100). Security scores fair (65/100) and performance good (80/100). Top issue: Meta description longer than 160 characters.

Ranked a top 50 public research university, VCU is a place where discovery and creativity go hand in hand. Located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, its more than 200 programs emphasize hands-on learning, creativity and engaging in the world around us.

United States
Hosted on VCU-ASN1 - Virginia Commonwealth University, US

Top issues to fix

9 issues found · 3 high priority

  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

    Security

    Add HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.

  • Missing Content-Security-Policy header

    Security

    Add a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.

  • No H1 heading found

    SEO

    Add exactly one H1 describing the page's main topic — it anchors the document outline for search engines and screen readers.

  • Missing X-Content-Type-Options header

    Security

    Add X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to stop MIME-sniffing attacks.

  • Missing X-Frame-Options header

    Security

    Add X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors rule) to prevent clickjacking via hidden iframes.

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters

    SEO

    Trim the meta description to under 160 characters to avoid truncation in search results.

+3 more issues — details in the sections below.

70

SEO

4 issue(s) found

80

Performance

2.33 s

65

Security

HTTPS & header checks

90

Accessibility

1 issue(s) found

Not enough scan history yet to show a trend — check back after this site has been re-scanned a few more times.

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

Ranked a top 50 public research university, VCU is a place where discovery and creativity go hand in hand. Located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, its more than 200 programs emphasize hands-on learning, creativity and engaging in the world around us.

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Contact

Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.

Meta tags

Title
Virginia Commonwealth University
Description
Ranked a top 50 public research university, VCU is a place where discovery and creativity go hand in hand. Located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, its more than 200 programs emphasize hands-on learning, creativity and engaging in the world around us.
Canonical
Language
en
Charset
UTF-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
Robots meta
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
A university unlike any other.
og:description
Ranked a top 100 research university, VCU is a place where discovery and creativity go hand in hand. Located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, its more than 200 programs emphasize hands-on learning, creativity and engaging in the world around us.
og:type
website
og:url
https://www.vcu.edu/

Twitter Card

twitter:card
—
twitter:title
—
twitter:description
—

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

jQueryGoogle Analytics

Hosting & CDN

CDN provider
—
IP address
128.172.22.56
ASN
AS16643 (VCU-ASN1 - Virginia Commonwealth University, US)

DNS records

TypeValue
A
  • 128.172.22.56
AAAA—
MX—
TXT
  • google-site-verification=8axuyHm9XtPXP1NaIClX3mUSmP2IQ3ZEcKsxhfQ8MSk
NS—
CAA—
CNAME
  • jupiter3.vcu.edu
IPv6 supportNo

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.2
Issuer
Internet2
Subject
jupiter.vcu.edu
Valid from
Aug 4, 2025
Valid to
Sep 4, 2026
Days until expiry
41
SAN domains
jupiter.vcu.edu, *.bio.vcu.edu, *.bus.vcu.edu, *.business.vcu.edu, *.chp.vcu.edu, *.chrichmond.org, *.chs.vcu.edu, *.clt.vcu.edu, *.commencement.vcu.edu, *.cs.vcu.edu, *.dentistry.vcu.edu, *.egr.vcu.edu, *.equityincancercare.org, *.fap.vcu.edu, *.fi.vcu.edu, *.finance.vcu.edu, *.has.vcu.edu, *.inm.vcu.edu, *.jupiter3.vcu.edu, *.lab.vcu.edu, *.library.vcu.edu, *.maps.vcu.edu, *.massey.vcu.edu, *.masseycancercenter.org, *.medschool.vcu.edu, *.mic.vcu.edu, *.nsc.vcu.edu, *.nursing.vcu.edu, *.partnership.vcu.edu, *.pathology.vcu.edu, *.pharmacy.vcu.edu, *.president.vcu.edu, *.procurement.vcu.edu, *.provost.vcu.edu, *.research.vcu.edu, *.sem.vcu.edu, *.semss.vcu.edu, *.socialwork.vcu.edu, *.sociology.vcu.edu, *.soe.vcu.edu, *.som.vcu.edu, *.students.vcu.edu, *.ts.vcu.edu, *.vcu.edu, *.vcufoundations.org, *.vcuhealth.org, *.vip.vcu.edu, *.virginiacsrn.org, *.wilder.vcu.edu, *.womenshealth.vcu.edu, *.worldstudies.vcu.edu, chrichmond.org, equityincancercare.org, masseycancercenter.org, optforhealth.org, vcu.edu, vcudentalcare.com, vcuf.org, vcufoundations.org, vcuhealth.org, virginiacsrn.org, www.vcuf.org

Security headers

  • Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
  • Content-Security-PolicyMissing
  • X-Frame-OptionsMissing
  • X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
  • Referrer-PolicyMissing
  • Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 0 · H2 6 · H3 0

Links

30 internal · 41 external · 2 broken

Images

24 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

26 scripts · 10 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

259 KB · 269 KB

Page size

302 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Found
Disallow rules
2
sitemap.xml
Found
URLs in sitemap
76

SEO issues

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters
  • Missing canonical link
  • No H1 heading found
  • No structured data (JSON-LD) found

Accessibility issues

  • No H1 heading found

Scan details

Requested URL
https://vcu.edu
Final URL
https://www.vcu.edu/
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/1.1
Response time
2.32 s
HTML size
302 KB
Redirect chain
https://vcu.edu → https://www.vcu.edu/

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does vcu.edu use?
vcu.edu is built with jQuery, Google Analytics.
Is vcu.edu secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. vcu.edu uses TLS 1.2 with a certificate issued by Internet2, valid until Sep 4, 2026.
Who hosts vcu.edu?
vcu.edu is hosted on VCU-ASN1 - Virginia Commonwealth University, US.
What is vcu.edu's SEO score?
vcu.edu scored 70/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
What is vcu.edu's overall website score?
vcu.edu has an overall SiteGraph score of 75/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.