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College of Engineering: The Carnegie Institute of Technology
Established	1905
Type:	Private Engineering School
Dean:	Pradeep Khosla
Undergraduates:	1441[1]
Postgraduates:	862[1]
Doctoral students:	395
Location	Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Campus:	Urban
Website:	Carnegie Institute of Technology

This article is about a center of higher learning. For the foundation which supports scientific research, refer to the Carnegie Institution of Washington. For the Carnegie Institute which operates the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, see that article.

The Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Tech), one of the predecessors to Carnegie Mellon University, was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. His stated intention was to build a "first class technical school" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the children of local steel mill workers. In about a century, it has expanded from four small programs to become Carnegie Mellon.

Since 1970, Carnegie Institute of Technology refers to the college of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

By 1905, the massive buildings of the Carnegie Technical Schools were being constructed in a field east of the Pittsburgh. The first students of the School of Science and Technology began classes in unfinished buildings, still surrounded by new construction. The school initially offered two- and three-year programs to train the children of Pittsburgh's working class.

In 1912, with the original campus nearly complete and three more schools (the School of Fine and Applied Arts, the School of Apprentices and Journeymen, and the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women) holding classes, the Carnegie Technical Schools changed its name to the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began offering four-year degrees.

Expansion and merger

Over the next five decades, Carnegie Tech became well-known not only for its engineering and science programs, but also for its progressive programs in drama and fine arts. This recognition as an academically prominent institution set the stage for merging with the Mellon Institute, a private applied research institute. Out of this 1967 union, Carnegie Mellon emerged as one of the United States' most prestigious research universities.

Revival of the Carnegie Institute of Technology name

In 1970, Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering and Science was divided into the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering) and the Mellon College of Science.

Athletics

In 1926, Carnegie Tech's football team beat Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish.^[2] The game was ranked the fourth greatest upset in college football history by ESPN.^[3]

For information related to academics at Carnegie Institute of Technology prior to the 1967 merger, refer to Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT), also known as the College of Engineering, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in seven academic departments:

Hamerschlag Hall is one of the principal teaching facilities of the College of Engineering

Graduate-level degrees are also offered through:

• Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces program
• Information Networking Institute

Other interdisciplinary graduate programs are available in the following areas:

• Engineering and Technology Innovation Management
• Architecture, Engineering and Construction Management
• Product Development
• Air Quality Engineering

Carnegie Institute of Technology operates numerous research centers and institutes.

• Fenton, Edwin (2000). Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 0-88748-323-2. 

• Carnegie Institute of Technology official website
• Carnegie Mellon Nanofabrication Facility
• History of Carnegie Mellon/Carnegie Tech