Georgia Institute of Technology facts for kids
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public university (school for after high school) in Atlanta, Georgia. It is also known as Georgia Tech.
It focuses primarily on engineering, science and computer science, but also has schools of management, architecture, and liberal arts.
When it opened in 1885, the school's main focus was on practical experience (learning things by doing them); students spent half of their time in class, and half in the shop.
It first admitted women in 1952.
In 1961, it was the first university in the South to integrate (let people of different races go to school together) without a court order.
The school's colors are white and old gold (mustard yellow). Their mascot is Buzz, a Yellow Jacket (a kind of bee-like wasp).
Images for kids
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Former Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough speaks at a student meeting.
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The Kessler Campanile seen from the Georgia Tech Student Center.
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The Carnegie Building, constructed in 1907, is located in the Historic District of Central Campus. It was originally the campus library, and it now houses the President's office.
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Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field, home of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
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President Barack Obama at Georgia Tech, 2015
See also
In Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico de Georgia para niños