New York City College of Technology should not be confused with New York Institute of Technology.
| New York City College of Technology (City Tech) | |
| Established: | 1946 (as New York State Institute for Applied Arts and Sciences) |
| Endowment: | $12 million[1] |
| Provost: | Bonne August |
| Faculty: | 425 full-time, 1,049 part-time[2] |
| Students: | 17,000+ |
| Country: | U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 40.6958°N -73.988°W |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Colors: | Blue & gold |
| Sports Nickname: | Yellow Jackets |
The New York City College of Technology (City Tech) is a public college in New York City. Founded in 1946, it is the City University of New York's college of technology.
City Tech was founded in 1946 as The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences. The urgent mission at the time was to provide training to GIs returning from the Second World War and to provide New York with the technically proficient workforce it would need to thrive in the emerging post-war economy. From its beginnings as an Institute—to being chartered as a community college—and subsequently transitioning to senior college status during the 1980s—it has grown from serving 246 students in 1946, to a population today of more than 30,000 degree and non-degree seeking students.
| Voorhees Technical Institute | |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Closed: | 1971 (acq. by New York City Community College of City University) |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Former Names: | The New York Trade School (1881–1961), The Technical Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1880) |
| New York City Community College | |
| Established: | 1946 |
| Closed: | 1964 (Joined City University System) |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Former Names: | The New York State Institute for Applied Arts & Sciences (1946–1953) |
City Tech has an enrollment of more than 17,000 students in over 66 baccalaureate, associate, and specialized certificate programs including several engineering technology fields as well as architecture, construction, nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, vision care technology, technology teacher training and paralegal training. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves approximately 14,000 students each year. City Tech is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
The eleven departments housed in the school provide instruction at the associate and baccalaureate levels, leading to degrees in the areas of healthcare, business, hospitality, paralegal studies, human services and career and technology teacher education.
The School of Arts and Sciences is home to a number of majors:
In addition, faculty in the school provide all students from across the institution with courses that support a well-rounded general education, with the goal of making them effective professionals, informed citizens, and lifelong learners.[3]
The college hired its first library director in 1957. The current college library building went up around 1987. In 2012 the library staff adopted an open-access policy to make its members' professional research publicly accessible online.[4]
City Tech occupies nine buildings within Downtown Brooklyn's Tech Triangle, the MetroTech Business Improvement District, and DUMBO. College Administration and Offices, the Ursula C. Schwerin Library, the School of Professional Studies, and the School of Arts & Sciences are primarily based in a complex formed by the Namm, Library (formerly Atrium), General, and Pearl buildings in MetroTech (300 Jay Street). The School of Technology & Design is primarily based in Voorhees Hall in DUMBO with Graphic Arts based in the MetroTech Complex.
A supertall skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano—which would have been known as City Tech Tower, with 65 floors for the college and 600 units of housing[5] —was proposed, but scrapped.[6] [7] [8]
In October 2013, City Tech held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a 350000ft2 academic complex at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, which opened in August 2018. The new complex occupies the site formerly occupied by the Klitgord Center. The new eight-story building, known as the Academic Complex, is home to City Tech's expanding programs in healthcare and the sciences. The departments moved into the new building include the core sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Biological Sciences (including Biomedical Informatics). It is also home to the health programs: Nursing, Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging, Dental Hygiene, Restorative Dentistry, and Vision Care Technology. The Academic Complex includes a 1,000-seat concert hall quality auditorium, the largest of its kind in Downtown Brooklyn. A wellness center and faculty office space is also located in the Academic Complex.
City Tech teams participated as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. City Tech began CUNYAC competition in the community college section from the conference's inception in the 1987–88 season, later to join its senior college section in the 1999–2000 season. Men's sports included basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports included basketball, cross country, softball, tennis and volleyball. City Tech's athletic program is in hiatus until new facilities are available.
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