Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Former names	Armour Institute (1890–1940) Lewis Institute (1895–1940)
Motto	Transforming Lives. Inventing the Future.
Type	Private research university
Established	1890; 134 years ago (1890) (first predecessor) April 23, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-04-23) (merged school)
Accreditation	HLC
Academic affiliations	AITU NAICU ORAU URA Space-grant
Endowment	$304 million (2021)[1]
President	Raj Echambadi
Provost	Kenneth T. Christensen[2]
Academic staff	659[3]
Students	6,943 (Fall 2022)[4]
Undergraduates	3,125 (Fall 2022)
Postgraduates	3,818 (Fall 2022)
Location	Chicago , Illinois , United States
Campus	Large city, 120 acres (48.6 ha)[3]
Newspaper	TechNews
Colors	Red and gray[5]
Nickname	Scarlet Hawks
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III — Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Mascot	Talon the Hawk
Website	iit.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. 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.