College profile | 2008-09

Dean: Professor Steven L. Crouch More info...

Student Enrollment: 4,599 undergraduates, 2,644 graduate students (fall 2008)

Freshman class: 821 students (fall 2008); average ACT composite score was 28.9, the highest ever for the college; 90 percent graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class; 34 National Merit Scholars, more than any other college at the University

Degrees granted: 1,054 bachelor’s degrees, 399 master’s degrees, and 200 doctoral degrees (2008)

Faculty: About 400 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, including six Regents Professors, 11 National Academy of Engineering members, and two National Academy of Sciences members. More info...

Staff: About 650 professional and support staff

Departments:

Aerospace engineering and mechanics Astronomy Biomedical engineering Chemical engineering and materials science Chemistry Civil engineering

Computer science and engineering Electrical and computer engineering Geology and geophysics Mathematics Mechanical engineering Physics

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Research initiatives: Medical Devices/Health Care, Renewable Energy/Environment, Nanotechnology, and Digital Technologies

Major research centers and facilities:
Center for Nanostructured Applications/Nanofabrication Center
Characterization Facility
Digital Technology Center
Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, a National Science Foundation center
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, a National Science Foundation center
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, a National Science Foundation center
Medical Devices Center/Institute for Engineering and Medicine
National Center for Earth-surface Dynamic, a National Science Foundation center
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory/Outdoor StreamLab
William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute More info...

National rankings: In the National Research Council's most recent rankings of U.S. graduate programs, 13 of the Institute of Technology's science and engineering programs were evaluated, and seven of them ranked in the 85th percentile or higher. All of the University's engineering programs evaluated by the council ranked in the top 20 nationally, and the chemical engineering program ranked first in the country. More info...

Alumni: The Institute of Technology has more than 50,000 living alumni, including 200 University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement Award recipients. IT alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies worldwide, employing 551,000 people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion. In Minnesota, IT alumni have founded about 2,600 active companies that employ more than 175,000 people and generate approximately $46 billion in annual revenue.

Annual budget: The Institute of Technology's annual expenditures for FY08 were $300 million.

The Institute of Technology's annual revenues for FY08 were $296 million.