Elevate Your Excellence
Located in the great global city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a top-tier, nationally ranked, private research university with programs in engineering, computer science, architecture, design, science, business, human sciences, and law. As Chicago’s only comprehensive tech-focused university, Illinois Tech offers bachelor of science, master of science, professional master’s, and Ph.D. degrees, as well as certificates, in in-demand STEM fields and other areas of innovation. Special programs include dual-degree and pre-med/pre-health programs, as well as Illinois Tech’s Accelerated Master’s Program, which allows you to receive both your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in as few as five years.
Here are three things you’ll find at Illinois Tech—and no place else:
- Chicago’s Tech University: Illinois Tech is the leading tech-focused university in the Chicago area. Our university has fueled the city’s rise as a global metropolis. Illinois Tech is a pipeline to professional opportunities in the city and worldwide through our strong global alumni network.
- High Value: Illinois Tech is ranked among the best value universities in the nation, and our students have a high job-placement rate and earn competitive salaries: $70,444 is the mean starting salary of our graduates (2021 class).
- Active Learning: Our one-of-a-kind Elevate program guarantees that you’ll take part in hands-on experiences and gain personalized mentorship, both of which make you uniquely career and OPT/CPT ready.
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High Quality, Unmatched Value
In Illinois for High Earnings and Economic Mobility
—New York Times Rankings Tool, 2023
In Illinois for Best Salaries of Graduates
—Wall Street Journal, Best Colleges in the U.S. 2025
Best Value School
—U.S. News & World Report 2025
Elevate Your Future
Illinois Tech is the only university in the United States to offer the Elevate program. Elevate guarantees that you will have access to hands-on experiences—internships, research, competitions, career-related short courses, and more opportunities—that build your resume and empower you with the twenty-first century skills that employers seek. You'll also receive personalized academic and career mentorship. All of this is designed to make you uniquely career ready and positioned for OPT/CPT upon graduation.
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The Colleges of Illinois Tech
- Armour College of Engineering
- Chicago-Kent College of Law
- College of Architecture
- College of Computing
- Institute of Design
- Lewis College of Science and Letters
- Stuart School of Business
Innovation-Driven Programs
Illinois Tech offers exceptional graduate programs that combine relevant education with high-value, real-world, hands-on learning—all of which prepare you to innovate and lead. Just a few of the master’s programs include:
- Business Administration
- Humanities
- Data Science
- Finance
- Computer Science
- Information Technology and Management
- Marketing Analytics
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Rehabilitation Counseling
- Cybersecurity
- Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering
Learn more about all of our graduate programs, including Ph.D. offerings and special programs for international students.