Georgia Institute of Technology
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| motto | Progress and Service |
| founding | October 13, 1885 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Atlanta , United States |
| president | Angel Cabrera |
| Students | 21,500 (2014) |
| Employee | 912 academic staff |
| Foundation assets | $ 293 million (Institute) + $ 944 million (Foundation) |
| University sports | NCAA Division I. |
| Networks | Association of American Universities |
| Website | www.gatech.edu |
The Georgia Institute of Technology (also Georgia Tech for short ) is a renowned technical university in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia . It was founded on October 13, 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology . It is part of the University System of Georgia and, along with MIT , California Institute of Technology and the University of Berkeley, is considered one of the best engineering schools in the USA . It was ranked seventh best engineering school in the US News & World Report in 2016 and is a member of the Association of American Universities , a network of leading research-intensive North American universities. In contrast to most other US colleges, Georgia Tech degrees are recognized in Germany without any additions.
campus
There is a branch in the Technopôle Metz near the campus of Arts et Métiers ParisTech with which exchange and cooperation takes place. The American campus served as the Olympic Village for the 1996 Summer Olympics . US President Jimmy Carter was enrolled there for a few years, but graduated from the United States Naval Academy .
Sports
The sports teams are the yellow jackets . The college is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The football team has won the national college championship four times, most recently in 1990.
- Bobby Dodd Stadium - University football stadium
- Hank McCamish Pavilion - University basketball arena
Personalities
- Gil Amelio (* 1943), physicist and manager
- Ash Avildsen (* 1981), musician, music entrepreneur and film director (without a degree)
- Chris Bosh (* 1984), basketball player
- Keith Brooking (born 1975), American football player
- Will Bynum (born 1983), basketball player
- Marco Coleman (born 1969), American football player
- Tony Daykin (born 1955), American football player
- Joe Guyon (1892–1971) American football player
- Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player
- Matt Kuchar (born 1978), golfer
- Andrea Lawrence (* 1946), computer scientist and university lecturer
- Mark G. Lawrence (* 1969), Earth system researcher
- Stephon Marbury (born 1977), basketball player
- Larry Morris (1933–2012), American football player
- Kary Mullis (1944–2019), Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1993
- Bill Paschal (1921-2003), American football player
- Mark Price (born 1964), basketball player
- Roman Reigns (born 1985), wrestler
- Billy Shaw (born 1938), American football player
- Iman Shumpert (* 1990), basketball player
- Pat Swilling (born 1964), American football player
- Demaryius Thomas (born 1987), American football player
- Richard Truly (* 1937), astronaut and NASA director
- John Watts Young (1930-2018), astronaut
Web links
- Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://president.gatech.edu/about/president-cabrera
- ↑ https://president.gatech.edu/about/biography
- ↑ grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com: Best Engineering Schools accessed on March 5, 2017 (English)
- ↑ lorraine.gatech.edu: Georgia Tech-Lorraine (English)
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Coordinates: 33 ° 46 ′ 35.4 ″ N , 84 ° 24 ′ 0.8 ″ W.