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The university and
its contract research affiliate, IIT
Research Institute (IITRI), have an annual research volume of $130
million. Current research strengths include fluid dynamics and aerospace,
synchrotron radiation science, environmental engineering and regulatory
policy, polymer science and recycling, food safety and technology, and
transportation and infrastructure.
IIT has more than
38,000 living alumni and is known as the alma mater of accomplishments
as well as of people. IIT and IITRI scientists and engineers have made
some of the century's most important technological advances, such as the
invention of magnetic recording and the development of re-entry technology
for spacecraft. IIT architects have shaped the skyline of Chicago and
cities throughout the world.
IIT
Research Institute has several locations throughout the United States,
and the university has four campuses in the Chicago area. The 120-acre
Main Campus, at 33rd and State in Chicago, as well as many of its buildings,
was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who directed the architecture
program at IIT from 1938 to 1958 and was one of the 20th century's
most influential architects. In 1976, the American Institute of Architects
recognized the campus as one of the 200 most significant works of architecture
in the U.S.
The state-of-the-art,
10-story Downtown Campus at 565 West Adams Street houses Chicago-Kent
College of Law, the Center for
Law & Financial Markets, the Master
of Public Administration Program, and the
Stuart School of Business.
The Institute
of Design, an international leader in teaching systemic, human-centered
design, is located at 350 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago's Near North neighborhood.
The 19-acre Daniel
F. and Ada L. Rice Campus in Wheaton complements area community colleges,
serving west suburban residents and employees in Illinois' high-tech corridor
by offering graduate programs, upper-level undergraduate courses, and
continuing professional education.
The five-acre Moffett
Campus in Bedford Park houses the
National Center for Food Safety and Technology, a unique consortium
of government, industry and academia that seeks to improve the quality
of our nation's food supply.
Check out these current facts about IIT.
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In 1890, when advanced
education was often reserved for society's elite, Chicago minister Frank
Gunsaulus delivered what came to be known as the "Million Dollar
Sermon." From the pulpit of his South Side church, near the site
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) now occupies, Gunsaulus said that
with a million dollars he would build a school where students of all backgrounds
could prepare for meaningful roles in a changing industrial society. Philip
Danforth Armour, the Chicago meat packer and grain merchant, heard Gunsaulus'
sermon and came to share the minister's vision. He agreed to finance the
endeavor with the stipulation that Gunsaulus become the first president
of Armour Institute.
