Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology.

Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.

Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Institute offers many nationally recognized, top-ranked programs. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in the Colleges of Architecture, Engineering, Sciences, Computing, Management, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Georgia Tech is consistently ranked in U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the United States.

History

Founded on October 13, 1885, the Georgia School of Technology opened its doors in October 1888 to eighty-four students. The School's creation signaled the beginning of the transformation of the agrarian South to an industrial economy. During its first fifty years, Tech grew from a narrowly focused trade school to a regionally recognized technological university.

In 1948, the School's name was changed to the Georgia Institute of Technology to reflect a growing focus on advanced technological and scientific research. Women students were admitted in 1952, and in 1961 Georgia Tech became the first university in the Deep South to admit African American students without a court order.

In recent years, Georgia Tech has been a national leader in managing the global transition from an industrial economy to an information economy. Throughout its long history, Georgia Tech has always focused its efforts on preparing students to use their innovative skills and strong work ethic to solve real-world problems and improve the lives of people around the globe.

From the world-famous "Ramblin' Wreck" fight song to the Ramblin' Wreck Parade held every Homecoming to the fun and festivities of RATS Week, the Tech campus is steeped in time-honored traditions that students embrace from generation to generation.

Degrees Offered

College of Architecture

• Architecture
  
• Building Construction
  
• City & Regional Planning
  
• Industrial Design
  
• Department of Music
  
• PhD Program

College of Computing

• Computational Science & Engineering
  
• Computer Science
  
• Interactive Computing
  

College of Engineering

• Aerospace Engineering
  
• Biomedical Engineering (Joint GT/Emory Department)
  
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
  
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
  
• Industrial & Systems Engineering
  
• Materials Science & Engineering
  
• Mechanical Engineering
  
• Polymer, Textile, & Fiber Engineering
  

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

• Economics
  
• History, Technology, & Society
  
• International Affairs
  
• Literature, Communication, & Culture
  
• Modern Languages
  
• Public Policy
  

College of Management

College of Sciences

• Applied Physiology
  
• Biology
  
• Chemistry & Biochemistry
  
• Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
  
• Mathematics
  
• Physics
  
• Psychology
  

Campus life

The Georgia Tech campus is a dynamic and vibrant place, with a constant array of activities designed for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors. From athletics to concerts and theater to lectures and social gatherings, there are always great things happening at Tech.

Campus visitors and students alike have long enjoyed the variety of high-caliber performance choices available on the Tech campus. From classical and rock music and comedy acts at the Ferst Center to the wonderful comedies, dramas, and musicals produced by the student-run DramaTech Theatre, Tech performances are a hot ticket. And don't forget the exciting contests in football, basketball, baseball, golf, and many other NCAA Division 1 sports that have long been an integral part of Tech tradition.

All these choices for leisure and entertainment are an ideal complement to the renowned work ethic of Georgia Tech students, who know how to balance hard work in the classroom and lab with fun activities outside the academic arena.

Rankings

Georgia Tech, the home of the Yellow Jackets, is the No. 7 public university in the nation, according to the 2007 rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Georgia Tech is an innovative intellectual environment with more than 900 full-time instructional faculty and more than 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

The university is a national and international leader in scientific and technological research and education. Over the past decade, overall research expenditures increased by 84 percent to $355.3 million in 2006, while federal research expenditures increased 129 percent. Georgia Tech now ranks among the top five in research expenditures among universities without a medical school. In addition, Georgia Tech has an estimated $3.9 billion annual impact within the state of Georgia, according to a 2006 Strategic Economic Development.

U.S. News & World Report
No. 7 public university in the country
No. 4 graduate engineering college
No. 5 undergraduate engineering college
No. 1 industrial engineering program
9 undergraduate engineering programs ranked in the top 10
8 graduate engineering programs ranked in the top 10

Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 97th in the 2007 THES-QS World University Ranking

Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 83rd in the 2008 THES-QS World University Ranking

Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 86th in the 2009 THES-QS World University Ranking

Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 106th in the 2010 QS World University Ranking

Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 84th in the 2011 QS World University Ranking

University of Alberta

The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the top universities in Canada. The university's current enrolment is over 36,000, placing it among the five largest universities in the country. The main campus covers 50 city blocks with over 90 buildings directly across the North Saskatchewan River from downtown Edmonton.

The continued economic boom in Alberta, driven mainly by high energy prices, has resulted in multi-billion dollar government fiscal surpluses. This has led to the introduction of Bill 1 by the provincial government, which promises to create a $4.5 billion endowment for Alberta's post-secondary institutions. Given the rosy economic conditions in Alberta, it has been suggested that as the University of Alberta enters its second century it should aim to be one of the top twenty universities in the world by the year 2020.

The U of A has approximately 36,000 students, including 6,000 graduate students and 2,000 international students representing 110 countries. The university has 3,353 academic staff along with about 6,000 support and trust staff.University professors have won more 3M Teaching Fellowships (Canada's top award for undergraduate teaching excellence) than any other Canadian university, 28 awards since 1986.

The university offers post-secondary education in about 200 undergraduate and 170 graduate programs. Tuition and fees for both fall and winter semesters are slightly more than $5,000 for a typical undergraduate student, although they vary widely by program. The University of Alberta switched from a 9-point grading scale to the more common 4-point grading scale in September 2003.

History

The University of Alberta, a single, public provincial university, was chartered in 1906 in Edmonton, Alberta with a new University Act. University of Alberta was modelled on the American state university, with an emphasis on extension work and applied research.

University of Alberta is a non-denominational university which offers undergraduate and graduate programs.With the hiring of Henry Marshall Tory in 1907, the University of Alberta started operation in 1908 using temporary facilities, while the first building on campus was under construction.

In a letter from Henry Marshall Tory to Alexander Cameron Rutherford in early 1906, while he is in the process of setting up McGill University College in Vancouver, Tory writes "If you take any steps in the direction of a working University and wish to avoid the mistakes of the past, mistakes which have fearfully handicapped other institutions, you should start on a teaching basis." The Act creating the university had been passed two years earlier in the first session of the new Legislative Assembly, with Premier Alexander C. Rutherford as its sponsor.

The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the 2 bodies and to perform institutional leadership.

It awarded its first degrees in 1912. In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced.

The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. The single-university policy in the West was changed as existing colleges of the provincial universities gained autonomy as universities - the University of Calgary was established in 1966. The University of Alberta first offered programs of study at Calgary in 1945 and continued until 1966 when the University of Calgary was established as an autonomous institution.

Faculties

In 1913, a medical school established at the University of Alberta in Edmonton was opened. By 1920, the university had six faculties (Arts and Sciences, Applied Science, Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry, and Law) and two schools (Pharmacy and Accountancy). It awarded a range of degrees: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA), Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Bachelor of Pharmacy (PhmB), Bachelor of Divinity (BD), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MSc), and Doctor of Laws (LLD). There were 851 male students and 251 female students, and 171 academic staff, including 14 women.

Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences focuses on natural, biological, and human resources. The University of Alberta Faculty of Forestry is part of the AUFSC and has accredited baccalaureate of science programs.- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - Pre-Veterinary Medicine Program; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Major in Agricultural and Resource Economics; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Major in Animal Science; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Major in Crop Science; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Major in Range and Pasture Management; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Major in Sustainable Agricultural Systems - Master of Agriculture in Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science; Master of Agriculture in Agroforestry; Master of Agriculture in Forest Economics; Master of Agriculture in Rural Sociology; Master of Agriculture in Soil Science; Master of Agriculture in Water and Land Resources; Master of Business Administration / Master of Agriculture

1. Faculty of Arts is home to the spectrum of Arts programs and departments, from Anthropology to Women's Studies.
   
2. Augustana Faculty is located in a satellite campus in Camrose, Alberta. It comprises the departments of Fine Arts, Humanities, Physical Education, Science, and Social Sciences.
   
3. School of Business offers MBA, BCom, PhD, ExecEd, and Exec MBA degrees.
   
4. Faculty of Education offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Elementary, Secondary Education, or combined.
   
5. Faculty of Engineering offers undergraduate degrees in four engineering departments.
   
6. Faculty of Extension is focusing on the life-long Continuing Education and Professional Development.
   
7. Campus Saint-Jean is a Francophone faculty with programs in Sciences, Fine Arts and Languages, Social Sciences, and Education.
   
8. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research maintains graduate studies.
   
9. Faculty of Law
   
10. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
    
11. Faculty of Native Studies
    
12. Faculty of Nursing
    
13. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    
14. Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation
    
15. School of Public Health
    
16. Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
    
17. Faculty of Science
    
18. St. Joseph's College
    
19. St. Stephen's College

University of Alberta ranked 97th in the 2007 THES-QS World University Ranking

University of Alberta ranked 74th in the 2008 THES-QS World University Ranking

University of Alberta ranked 59th in the 2009 THES-QS World University Ranking

University of Alberta ranked 78th in the 2010 QS World University Ranking

University of Alberta ranked 100th in the 2011 QS World University Ranking