Georgia Institute of Technology, founded in 1885, is located in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia. It is a top research university in the world, a member of association of american universities, one of the public Ivy League schools, and a sister school of Emory University, a top university in the world. Georgia Institute of Technology has two overseas campuses in Metz, France and Shenzhen, China.
Georgia Institute of Technology, together with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology, is also known as the three major institutes of technology in the United States, and is one of the best science and engineering colleges in the southern United States. In the ranking of universities of science and engineering in the world, the list ranked 9th in the world in 2020, with 202 1 ranking 12. QS ranking 202 1 world ranking 13.
GT entered the top 30 in the world for five consecutive years from the world university ranking of 20 1 1 this decade, and ranked fifth in the world under the computer science classification of 20 17; 202 1 world university world ranking 38; American News ranked 38th in 2022, 4th in 202 1 and 5th in computer science.
Civil engineering, industrial engineering, network security and other majors rank in the United States1; Nearly 20 majors such as biomedicine, aerospace, chemistry, software, machinery, discrete mathematics, and business analysis rank among the top 3 in the United States. Alumni, faculty and researchers of Georgia Institute of Technology include dozens of academicians and many international prize winners such as Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize.
Geographical environment of Georgia Institute of Technology:
Georgia Institute of Technology is located in midtown Atlanta, USA, about 14 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. There are many high-rise buildings around the campus with convenient transportation. The urban rail transit near the campus is connected to the airport, and the north-south interstate highway in Atlanta is located on the east side of the campus.
Atlanta is the largest highly modernized industrial and commercial city in the southeastern United States, with a humid subtropical monsoon climate, pleasant climate, distinct seasons and beautiful environment, which is less noisy and quieter than new york or Los Angeles. Because it is located in the urban area, the campus area is not very large.