Georgia Tech

The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in 1885, it has the largest student enrollment of the University System of Georgia institutions and satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia, and Metz, France.

The school was founded as the Georgia School of Technology as part of Reconstruction efforts to build an industrial economy in the Southern United States after the Civil War. Initially, it offered only a degree in mechanical engineering. By 1901, its curriculum had expanded to include electrical, civil, and chemical engineering. In 1948, the school changed its name to reflect its evolution from a trade school to a technical institute and research university.

Georgia Tech is organized into seven colleges with about 31 departments and academic units, and emphasizes the academic fields of science and technology. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities. In fiscal year 2024 the institute reported a record research expenditure of more than $1.3 billion and generated an estimated $5.8 billion economic impact on the state of Georgia, the highest among public institutions in the University System of Georgia. Much of this activity is coordinated through interdisciplinary research institutes, including the Georgia Tech Research Institute, which conducts large sponsored applied research programs in areas such as radar and sensing, communications, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, advanced materials, and life sciences.

Georgia Tech researchers have contributed to technologies including early millimeter-wave radar systems, software standards used for United States criminal justice information sharing and the national AMBER Alert program, space-age ceramics, neural signal computer interfaces, and wireless power-harvesting techniques for 5G networks, and the institute hosts multiple campus-wide initiatives and national research centers in artificial intelligence, data science, and robotics.

Georgia Tech fields eight men's and seven women's sports teams; these compete in NCAA Division I athletics and have won five national championships. The university is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Provided by Wikipedia