38 Facts About Georgia Tech

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Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Georgia Tech is a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Idea of a technology school in Georgia was introduced in 1865 during the Reconstruction period.

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In 1931, the Board of Regents transferred control of the Evening School of Commerce to the University of Georgia and moved the civil and electrical engineering courses at UGA to Tech.

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Georgia Tech replaced the commerce school with what later became the College of Business.

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Unlike most similarly named universities, the Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution.

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Under President Blake Ragsdale Van Leer's tenure, Georgia Tech went through a significant change, expanded its campus with new facilities, added new engineering courses, and became the largest engineering institute in the South and the third largest in the US.

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Georgia Tech stood up to Georgia governor Marvin Griffin's demand to bar Bobby Grier from participating in the 1956 Sugar Bowl game between Georgia Tech and Grier's University of Pittsburgh.

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Three years after the meeting, and one year after the University of Georgia's violent integration, Georgia Tech became the first university in the Deep South to desegregate without a court order.

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Georgia Tech's tenure focused on a dramatic expansion of the Institute, a revamped Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, and the creation of an International Plan.

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Georgia Tech campus is located in Midtown, an area slightly north of downtown Atlanta.

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In 1999, Georgia Tech began offering local degree programs to engineering students in Southeast Georgia, and in 2003 established a physical campus in Savannah, Georgia.

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Until 2013, Georgia Tech Savannah offered undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering in conjunction with Georgia Southern University, South Georgia College, Armstrong Atlantic State University, and Savannah State University.

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Georgia Tech operates a campus in Metz, in northeastern France, known as Georgia Tech Lorraine.

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Georgia Tech Lorraine was the defendant in a lawsuit pertaining to the language used in advertisements, which was a violation of the Toubon Law.

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Georgia Tech was supposed to have set up two campuses for research and graduate education in the cities of Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad, Telangana, India by 2010, but it appeared the plans had been set on hold as of 2011.

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Georgia Tech's ResNet provides free technical support to all students and guests living in Georgia Tech's on-campus housing .

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Georgia Tech's growing liberal arts programs, more holistic review of all applicants, and outreach programs encouraging them to consider careers in STEM are effectively improving their presence on campus.

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Also in the 2021 Times Higher Education subject rankings, Georgia Tech ranked 12th for engineering and 13th for computer science in the world.

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In 2017, Georgia Tech announced valedictorians and salutatorians from Georgia's accredited public and private high schools with 50 or more graduates will be the only students offered automatic undergraduate admission via its Georgia Tech Scholars Program.

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Georgia Tech is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

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Georgia Tech is ranked fourth for startup companies, eighth in patents, and eleventh in technology transfer by the Milken Institute.

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Georgia Tech encourages undergraduates to participate in research alongside graduate students and faculty.

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Georgia Tech Housing is subject to a clear geographic division of campus into eastern and western areas that contain the vast majority of housing.

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Originally built for the 1996 Olympics and belonging to Georgia State University, the buildings were given to Georgia Tech and have been used to accommodate Tech's expanding population.

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Georgia Tech has a music scene that is made up of groups that operate independently from the Music Department.

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Greek life at Georgia Tech includes over 50 active chapters of social fraternities and sororities.

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The first fraternity to establish a chapter at Georgia Tech was Alpha Tau Omega in 1888, before the school held its first classes.

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Georgia Tech teams are variously known as the Yellow Jackets, the Ramblin' Wreck and the Engineers; but the official nickname is Yellow Jackets.

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Georgia Tech has eighteen varsity sports: football, women's and men's basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, golf, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's cross country, and coed cheerleading.

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Georgia Tech participates in many non-NCAA sanctioned club sports, including archery, airsoft, boxing, crew, cricket, cycling, disc golf, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, ice hockey, kayaking, lacrosse, paintball, roller hockey, soccer, rugby union, sailing, skydiving, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, ultimate, water polo, water ski, and wrestling.

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Georgia Tech has a number of legends and traditions, some of which have persisted for decades.

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Georgia Tech students hold a heated, long and ongoing rivalry with the University of Georgia, known as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.

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Georgia Tech graduates have been deeply influential in politics, military service, and activism.

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Former Georgia Tech President G Wayne Clough was a Tech graduate, the first Tech alumnus to serve in that position.

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Georgia Tech has its fair share of noteworthy engineers, scientists, and inventors.

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Several famous athletes have, as well; about 150 Georgia Tech students have gone into the National Football League, with many others going into the National Basketball Association or Major League Baseball .

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In golf, Georgia Tech alumni include the legendary Bobby Jones, who founded The Masters, and David Duval, who was ranked the No 1 golfer in the world in 1999.

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