Welcome
Greetings from Illinois Institute of Technology. With the end of the semester approaching, many students and faculty are setting their sites on the summer months and beyond as they apply for funding through the Office of Undergraduate Research. In existence since fall 2007, this new office provides students an outstanding opportunity to further their educational experience outside the classroom by coordinating and promoting on- and off-campus research activities. A component of this initiative is IIT�s new Undergraduate Research Fellowships program, which pairs undergraduates and faculty on semester-long research projects. Already, 15 fellowships across a variety of disciplines have received funding this semester.
As one of the Midwest's top Ph.D.-granting universities, with several nationally ranked programs, IIT is committed to the advancement of the human condition through quality teaching and research. Through our schools of engineering, the sciences and humanities, design, architecture, law, business, and psychology, we are educating students to excel in a complex global society.
One of the ways that we prepare our students is through participation in unique, team-based interprofessional projects that allow them to pursue challenging issues with students from a variety of majors and backgrounds. Our faculty research initiatives also are addressing some of the most complex topics of our time, from energy and sustainability to biomedicine to cancer research. And with our new University Technology Park At IIT, the university is helping to build the South Side of Chicago into a thriving hub for science entrepreneurs.
I encourage you to explore this website to learn more about the people�students, faculty, and staff�that make IIT distinctly unique.
Sincerely,
John L. Anderson
John L. Anderson began his first full week as the eighth president of IIT with a press conference promoting alternative energy research and development with Congressman Dan Lipinski. Anderson was elected President in May.