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Elevate Your Excellence

Opportunity + Outcomes

Dynamic experiential opportunities plus high starting salaries add up to significant outcomes for Illinois Tech graduates.

Elevate Your Future

Illinois Tech empowers students with a world-class education and guaranteed access to hands-on experiences that prepare them with the innovation skills necessary to thrive in the careers of the future. Our rankings are among the best in the country, and so are our outcomes: Illinois Tech graduates have high employment rates and earn starting salaries well above the national average.
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Elevate Your Excellence

Our one-of-a-kind Elevate program guarantees you access to hands-on experiences, a personalized academic and career plan, and the twenty-first century skills to achieve career success.

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Chicago and the World

Illinois Tech is your pathway to the corporate, nonprofit, research, and startup community of Chicago and beyond, bolstered by a global network of more than 86,000 alumni.

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High-Impact Research

Students and faculty at Illinois Tech are conducting research that harnesses the power of technology and innovation for the betterment of humankind.

Alumnus Rohit Prasad inspired by Illinois Tech
Head Scientist, Amazon Alexa (Artificial Intelligence)

Illinois Tech inspired Rohit Prasad to follow his passions. Advice he received from a graduate school adviser allowed him to thrive and make lasting contributions to the future of AI.

Rohit Prasad (M.S. Electrical Engineering ’99)
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Creating a More Sustainable Future

Lizz Elliott received a United States Department of Energy scholarship to continue her nuclear energy research.

Lizz Elliott (CHE 4th Year)
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Building a Better Community

For Andrew Jiang, architecture is the “perfect embodiment” of his life experiences. He hopes to create built environments that improve the quality of life for communities for generations to come.

Andrew Jiang (Architecture 5th Year)
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Discovering Opportunities

Born and raised in El Salvador, Diana Velasquez decided to pursue a degree in engineering with the goal of helping others obtain improved health care while improving standard processes.

Diana Velasquez (Biomedical Engineering/M.A.S. Chemical Engineering 3rd Year)
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Internship Builds College Readiness

An internship with NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation Internship Project helped Kaya Jones prepare for the rigors of college academics.

Kaya Jones (CS 1st Year)

Illinois Tech News

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“It’s So Cool!”

Exciting classes, next-level research, and an internship with NASA are just a few of the reasons why Seth Graham (ME/M.Eng. MAE 5th Year) says Illinois Tech is the place to be.

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Elevate Your College Prep

Ready to boost your college readiness and have fun while learning something new? 

You can do just that through Illinois Tech’s Elevate College Prep program, which sets young learners on a successful pathway to college and careers in dynamic fields.

Elevate College Prep offers summer programs, dual-enrollment courses, paid apprenticeships, special events, and a three-year, STEM-focused immersive program for high school and middle school students. 

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Explore Our Campus

Less than a mile from beautiful Lake Michigan, our historic Mies Campus was voted as one of the country's “most beautiful college campuses.” Find out why on a campus tour. You can also attend a virtual information session or check out our virtual tour.

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Beautiful Chicago, Amazing Chicago

From its subway to the tops of its skyscrapers, our hometown of Chicago is a friendly, exciting global city with a spirit and style all its own. 

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