
Elevate Your Excellence
Opportunity + Value
Competitive scholarships plus high starting salaries add up to significant ROI for Illinois Tech graduates.
In the Chicago Region for Occupational Earnings Power
—The Brookings Institution
Best Value School
—U.S. News & World Report
Career Placement Rate
—Illinois Tech’s 2022 graduates reporting
21st Century Higher Education
Illinois Tech is committed to advancing technology that makes the world a better place for all. We do this by empowering students from diverse backgrounds—the innovators and leaders of the future—with an extraordinary technical education and guaranteed hands-on experiences that enable them to achieve career success and create change.

Elevate Your Excellence
Our unique Elevate program guarantees you hands-on experiences, a personalized academic and career plan, and the twenty-first century skills to achieve career success.

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.

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.
Illinois Tech News
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Illinois Tech Ranked Among Nation’s Top 100 Universities
Illinois Institute of Technology is ranked #98 in the United States according to the latest iteration of U.S. News & World Report’s Best National University Rankings ,, released on September 18, 2023...

Illinois Tech Climbs to #23 in the Nation in The Wall Street Journal’s 2024 Best Colleges List
This week The Wall Street Journal released its “ WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ” list with Illinois Institute of Technology ranking #23 in the United States out of the 400 top...

$10 Million Center Tackles Future Transportation Safety
The Center for Assured and Resilient Navigation in Advanced TransportatION Systems (CARNATIONS) at Illinois Institute of Technology was named a new Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) by the...
“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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