The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is a private osteopathic medical school on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, with branch campuses in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, and Monroe, Louisiana.

According to the U.S. News & World Report, VCOM was the second-largest medical school in the U.S. in 2021, with a total enrollment of 2,122 students among its four campuses.

[4] The school was founded in 2001 when Virginia Tech and the Harvey W. Peters Research Foundation worked together to start up a new private school of osteopathic medicine called the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM).

VCOM is incorporated as a private, non-profit institution and has a collaborative agreement with Virginia Tech and Auburn University for education, research, and student activities.

The third and fourth years of training are clinically oriented, where students complete rotations, or clerkships, through various specialties of medicine.

VCOM has permanent medical clinics located in Veron, Dominican Republic, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and El Salvador.

The college operates within a public/private collaboration with Virginia Tech, sharing resources for education, research, and student activities.

The campus offers the nurturing feel of a small private college but with access to the resources and activities of a larger university community.

The annual White Coat Ceremony for first-year medical students is held at nearby Converse College.

In 2017, VCOM–Carolinas will open Northside direct primary care, a college-affiliated clinic located on campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Supported by the Bradley Foundation, VCOM amplified its research in cancer, heart, and neurological diseases as well as bioinformatics and primary care, by creating the Center for Bioinformatics and Genetics and the Primary Care Research Network.