Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, Tech, or GT) is a community research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. It is a part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in different places like Savannah, Georgia; Metz; Athlone, Ireland; Shanghai, China; France and Singapore.

The educational institution was founded in 1885 AD as the Georgia School of Technology as part of Reconstruction plans to build an industrial economy in the post-Civil War Southern U.S. Initially, it offered only a degree in mechanical engineering. By 1901 AD, its curriculum had expanded to consist of electrical, civil, and chemical engineering. In 1948 AD, the school changed its name to reflect its evolution from a trade school to a larger and more capable technical institute and research university.

Today, Georgia Tech is organized into six colleges and contains about thirty one  departments/units, with highlighting on science and technology. It is well familiar for its degree programs in the field of engineering, computing, business administration, the sciences, liberal arts and architecture.

Georgia Tech's main campus occupies part of Midtown Atlanta, surrounded by 10th Street to the north and by North Avenue to the south, placing it well in view of the Atlanta skyline. In 1996 AD, the campus was the site of the athletes' village and a venue for a number of athletic events for the 1996 AD Summer Olympics. The erection of the Olympic village, along with ensuing gentrification of the neighboring areas, improved the campus.

Student athletics, both organized and intramural, are a part of student and old pupils life. The school's intercollegiate aggressive sports teams, the four-time football national winner Yellow Jackets, and the nationally familiar fight song "Ramblin' Wreck from G Tech", have help keep G Tech in the national limelight Georgia’s Tech fields eight men's and seven women's teams that compete in the NCAA Division I athletics and the Football Bowl division Georgia Tech is a associate of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.