Institute of Technology (United States)

Josiah Willard Gibbs was the first person to be awarded a Ph.D. in engineering from an American university in 1863.^[1]

Polytechnic Institutes are technological universities many dating back to the mid 19th century. A handful of American universities include the phrases Institute of Technology, Polytechnic Institute, Polytechnic University, University of Technology or similar phrasing in their names; these are generally research-intensive universities with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

In the lists below, an asterisk (*) denotes research-intensive universities that offer up to PhD or DSc degrees.

Institutes of technology

Current that offer PhD

• California Institute of Technology*
• Florida Institute of Technology*
• Georgia Institute of Technology*
• Illinois Institute of Technology* (formerly known as Armour Institute of Technology)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology*
• New Jersey Institute of Technology* (formerly known as Newark College of Engineering)
• New York Institute of Technology*
• Rochester Institute of Technology*
• Stevens Institute of Technology*^[2]

Current

• Air Force Institute of Technology (a graduate school and provider of professional and continuing education that is part of the United States Air Force).
• Indiana Institute of Technology
• New England Institute of Technology
• Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
• Oregon Institute of Technology
• Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology
• Wentworth Institute of Technology
• West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Former

• Carnegie Institute of Technology (merged to form Carnegie Mellon University*)
• Case Institute of Technology (merged to form Case Western Reserve University*)
• Drexel Institute of Technology (now known as Drexel University*)
• General Motors Institute of Technology (now known as Kettering University)
• Lawrence Institute of Technology (now known as Lawrence Technological University*)
• State University of New York Institute of Technology (merged to form State University of New York Polytechnic Institute)
• University of Minnesota Institute of Technology (now known as University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering)

Polytechnic universities

Current

• Arizona State University Polytechnic campus
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Florida Polytechnic University
• Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
• State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
• University of Wisconsin–Stout (officially designated as Wisconsin's Polytechnic University)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute*

Former

• Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known as Auburn University)
• Arkansas Polytechnic College (now known as Arkansas Tech University)
• Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University)
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University (now refers solely to New York University's School of Engineering)
• Southern Polytechnic State University, Ga. (merged into Kennesaw State University)
• Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (now known as Tennessee Technological University)

Technological universities

Current

• Arkansas Tech University
• Clarkson University
• Colorado School of Mines
• Colorado Technical University*
• Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
• Iowa State University of Science and Technology*
• Lawrence Technological University
• Louisiana Tech University
• Michigan Technological University*
• Montana Tech of the University of Montana
• Missouri University of Science and Technology* (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• Tennessee Technological University
• Texas Tech University*

Contrast to technical colleges

Conversely, schools dubbed "technical colleges" or "technical institutes" generally provide post-secondary training in technical and mechanical fields focusing on training vocational skills primarily at a community college level -- parallel and sometimes equivalent to the first two years at a bachelor's-granting institution. The academic level of these schools varies by course of study; some courses are geared toward immediate employment in a trade, while others are designed to transfer into a four-year program. Some of these technical institutes are for-profit organizations (such as ITT Technical Institute) compared to most other non-profit educational institutes.

See also

• Institute of technology
• List of schools of mines
• List of institutions using the term "institute of technology" or "polytechnic"
• List of United States technological universities

References