Illinois Institute of Technology

For other uses of "IIT", see IIT (disambiguation).
Illinois Institute of Technology
Former names
Armour Institute (1890–1940)
Lewis Institute (1895–1940)
MottoTransforming Lives. Inventing the Future.
TypePrivate research university
Established1890; 134 years ago (1890) (first predecessor)
April 23, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-04-23) (merged school)
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$304 million (2021)[1]
PresidentRaj Echambadi
ProvostKenneth T. Christensen[2]
Academic staff
659[3]
Students6,943 (fall 2022)[4]
Undergraduates3,125 (fall 2022)
Postgraduates3,818 (fall 2022)
Location
Chicago
,
Illinois
,
United States
CampusLarge city, 120 acres (48.6 ha)[3]
NewspaperTechNews
Colors   
Red and gray[5]
NicknameScarlet Hawks
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III — Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
MascotTalon the Hawk
Websiteiit.edu

41°50′4.75″N 87°37′42″W / 41.8346528°N 87.62833°W / 41.8346528; -87.62833

Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Illinois Tech and IIT, is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has programs in architecture, business, communications, design, engineering, industrial technology, information technology, law, psychology, and science. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[6]

The university's historic roots are in several 19th-century engineering and professional education institutions in the United States. In the mid 20th century, it became closely associated with trends in modernist architecture through the work of its Dean of Architecture Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who designed its campus. The Institute of Design, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Midwest College of Engineering were also merged into Illinois Tech.

  1. ^ As of May 31, 2021. "Annual Report to the Board of Trustees on the State of the University" (PDF). Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Office of the Provost". Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "IIT Viewbook" (PDF). 2008. p. 64. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  4. ^ "Illinois Institute of Technology". Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Graphic Standards Manual" (PDF). Illinois Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.