The Georgia School of Technology

• The Georgia School of Technology opened for classes October 8, 1888.
• 129 students were registered to work towards the first degree offered, the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
• The first academic building was the distinctive Tech Tower.
• The Georgia School of Technology's first staff and faculty included five professors and five shop supervisors.
• The first official motto was, “To Know, To Do, To Be”.
• The Technologian, the first student publication, appeared March 1891.
• In 1903, John Heisman became Tech's first full-time football coach.

The Georgia Institute of Technology

• In 1948, the Board of Regents authorized the Georgia School of Technology to be renamed the Georgia Institute of Technology.
• The first women students enrolled Fall Quarter 1952.
• Institutional accreditation is by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Professional Accreditations:

  Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
  American Chemical Society
  American Council for Construction Education
  Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
  Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
  Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET
  Design-Build Institute of America
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  Industrial Designers Society of America
  International Association of Counseling Services
  International Facility Management Association
  National Architectural Accrediting Board
  National Association of Schools in Art and Design
  National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education
  Planning Accreditation Board
  Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

• Georgia Tech operates on the semester system.
• Georgia Tech offers educational opportunities from over 30 schools and colleges.
• Degrees are offered in the following:

  College of Architecture
  College of Computing
  College of Engineering
  Ivan Allen College
  College of Management
  College of Sciences
  

• The Georgia Tech Foundation was chartered in 1932. The endowment of the Georgia Tech Foundation has a current market value in excess of $1.274 billion.
• The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) was created in 1980.

Georgia Tech National Rankings

• Georgia Tech's undergraduate program received a ranking of 7th among public universities and 35th overall in U.S. News & World Report.
• Georgia Tech's College of Engineering ranked among the top four graduate schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report. Specific graduate programs ranked in the top 10 include:

1st in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
2nd in Biomedical Engineering
4th in Aerospace Engineering
6th in Civil Engineering
6th in Electrical Engineering
6th in Environmental Engineering
7th in Mechanical Engineering
7th in Computer Engineering
8th in Materials Engineering
9th in Nuclear Engineering


• Other U. S. News & World Report rankings include:

The College of Computing's graduate program ranked 9th
Computer Science Theory ranked 9th
Artificial Intelligence ranked 7th
Discrete Math/Combinatorics ranked 7th
Information and Technology Management ranked 4th