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Polytechnic University (Poly), located in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City, is the United States' second oldest private technology university, having been founded in 1854. Today, it is the New York metropolitan area's preeminent resource in science and technology education and research.
About Polytechnic University
A private, co-educational institution, Polytechnic has a distinguished history in electrical engineering, polymer chemistry and aerospace and microwave engineering. Currently, it is a leader in telecommunications, information science and technology management. The University is also known for its outstanding research centers as well as its outreach programs to encourage math and science education in New York elementary and high schools. In addition to its main campus at MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, Polytechnic offers programs at sites throughout the region, including Long Island, Manhattan and Westchester. Additionally, the University offers several programs in Israel.
Polytechnic played a leadership role in bringing about MetroTech Center, one of the largest urban university-corporate parks in the world and the largest in the United States. Today, the 16-acre, $1-billion complex is home to the University and several technology-dependent companies, including KeySpan Energy, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Bear Stearns and Company, Securities Industries Automation Corporation, New York City Police Department's 911 Center, New York City Fire Department Headquarters and the U.S. technology and operations functions of JPMorgan Chase. In 1998, a Marriott Hotel was built adjacent to MetroTech. MetroTech has proven to be a case study in university, corporate, government and private-developer cooperation, and has resulted in renewing an area that once had been a site of urban decay.
The Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, opened in 1990 in a new Building, is Polytechnic's information hub, accessible online from anywhere, on or off campus, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, wireless networks allow users with notebook computers to access the library's electronic services from anywhere on campus.
Key Facts
In 2003, Polytechnic awarded 733 degrees:
- Bachelor of Science...........................291
- Master of Science.............................418
- Doctor of Philosophy..........................24
There are more than 470 full-time and adjunct faculty, teaching and research fellows, research assistants, associates and scientists and post-doctoral and special fellows. The number of full-time teaching faculty is over 155.
In 2003, 73 percent of Polytechnic freshmen had an average grade of B or better. More than 90 percent of Polytechnic's undergraduate students receive financial aid. Over 25 percent of students gain valuable job experience through co-op programs and internships. The student body represents many diverse backgrounds. Of Polytechnic's undergraduate students, 10 percent are African-American, 8 percent are Hispanic, 39 percent are Asian, 18 percent are women and 8 percent are international students. Of the University's graduate students, 4.5 percent are African-American, 1.5 percent are Hispanic, 14.4 percent are Asian, 22 percent are women and 24.9 percent are international students. International students come from more than 50 foreign countries.
History
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Livingston Street building (circa 1930)
A group of distinguished Brooklyn businessmen draw up a charter on May 17, 1853, to establish a school for young men.
In 1854, the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute was chartered and moved into its first home at 99 Livingston Street.
In 1855, the school opened its doors September 10 to 265 young men ages nine to 17.
Noted Alumni
Polytechnic's 37,000 alumni include business leaders, entrepreneurs and two Nobel Prize winners. Top executives from AT&T, Bechtel, Consolidated Edison, General Electric, IBM, Ingersoll-Rand, Jacobs Engineering, KeySpan Energy, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Qwest, Raytheon, Stanley Works, Symbol Technologies, UNISYS, Verizon Communications and Xerox are proud of their roots at Polytechnic. Academic leaders, deans and university presidents started their careers at Polytechnic. Recent presidents of major professional societies, including the American Chemical Society and the IEEE, are alumni.
The Polytechnic Alumni, established in 1863, promotes and maintains the welfare of Polytechnic and provides fellowship and mutually beneficial activities among Poly graduates. Officers and an international board of directors govern the polytechnic alumni. Alumni sections offer events around the country and internationally.
- Gertrude B. Elion H'89 - former doctoral student at Polytechnic, awarded 1988 Nobel Prize in medicine.
- Martin L. Perl '48 H'96 - awarded 1995 Nobel Prize in physics.
- Eugene Kleiner '48 H'89 - Poltechnic Advisory Trustee, among eight scientists honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a commemorative stamp for developing and manufacturing revolutionary computer chips.
Noted Faculty
- Ernst Weber - founder of the Microwave Resarch Institute
- Herman F. Mark - founder of the Polymer Research Institute
- Rudolph Marcus - Former Polytechnic Professor awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
- Eli Pearce - President, American Chemical Society
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