Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology

      private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Rochester, New York, U.S. It includes colleges of business, applied science and technology, liberal arts, science, and engineering. The institute also includes the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. In addition to undergraduate studies, Rochester Institute offers a range of master's degree programs and a doctoral program in imaging science. Campus laboratory facilities include the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and the Center for Microelectronics and Computer Engineering. Total enrollment is approximately 13,000.

      The Institute was founded in 1829 as the Rochester Athenaeum, with Nathaniel Rochester as its first president. The Mechanics Institute, which was founded in 1885 by Henry Lomb, merged with the Athenaeum in 1891. The resulting institution became, in 1944, the Rochester Institute of Technology. The institute emphasizes professional and technical training.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Rochester Institute of Technology — RIT redirects here. For other uses, see RIT (disambiguation). Rochester Institute of Technology Established 1829 Type …   Wikipedia

  • Rochester Institute of Technology — Die Mark Ellingson Hall …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of Rochester Institute of Technology alumni — Rochester Institute of Technology boasts over 100,000 alumni from all 50 U.S. states and over 90 countries. This is a list of some notable alumni.Government* Brian Chontosh (2000) United States Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross Recipient * Robert… …   Wikipedia

  • Institute of technology — Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. It may be any institution of higher …   Wikipedia

  • Institute of Technology — ist die Bezeichnung folgender Institute: Asian Institute of Technology Austrian Institute of Technology Birla Institute of Technology British Columbia Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology DigiPen Institute of Technology… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Motto Mens et Manus Motto in English Mind and Hand[1] …   Wikipedia

  • California Institute of Technology — Motto The truth shall make you free [1] Established 1891 Type …   Wikipedia

  • Rochester (Monroe County, New York) — Rochester Spitzname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The World s Image Centre Skyline von Rochester Lage in New York …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rochester (Monroe County, New York, USA) — Rochester Spitzname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The World s Image Centre Skyline von Rochester Lage in New York …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rochester (New York) — Rochester Spitzname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The World s Image Centre Skyline von Rochester Lage in New York …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”