Establishment
The idea of a technology school in Georgia was introduced in 1865 during the Reconstruction period. Two former Confederate officers, Major John Fletcher Hanson(an

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The Georgia Tech campus is located in Midtown, an area slightly north of downtown Atlanta. Although a number of skyscrapers—most visibly the headquarters of AT&T, The Coca-Cola Company, and Bank of America—are visible from all points on

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Georgia Tech's undergraduate and graduate programs are divided into six colleges. Collaboration among the colleges is frequent, as mandated by a number of

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Demographics
As of fall 2019, the student body consists of more than 36,000 undergraduate and graduate students, with graduate students making up 56% of the

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Facilities and classification
Georgia Tech is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Much of this research is fundedby large corporations or

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Georgia Tech students benefit from many Institute-sponsored or related events on campus, as well as a wide selection of cultural options in the surrounding district of Midtown Atlanta,

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Georgia Tech teams are variously known as the Yellow Jackets, the Ramblin' Wreckand the Engineers; but the official nickname is Yellow Jackets. They compete as a member of

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