We asked some current students why they chose Illinois Tech. MY CHOICE: ILLINOIS TECH HereÕs what they told us. No filter, unedited, uncut.

SMALL IT WAS CLASSES MY FIRST FAR AWAY CHOICE FROM HOME SCHOLARSHIPS AFFORDABLE ACADEMICS AND TEACHERS SPIRIT PROFESSORS KNOW YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME

ILLINOIS TECH LOOKS GOOD ON TECHNOLOGY A RESUME FOCUS CHICAGO I JUST LIKED LIKED IT AFTER IT BETTER A CAMPUS VISIT

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YES, ALL OF IT.

SOME SCHOOLS MAY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. BUT AT MANY OF THEM IT«S EASY TO GET LOST IN THE CROWD. ILLINOIS TECH IS SMALL BUT MIGHTY. WE«RE SMART, CREATIVE, PROBLEM-SOLVERS. PEOPLE WHO GET. THINGS. DONE.

SO WE WEREN´T SURPRISED WHEN BUSINESS INSIDER NAMED ILLINOIS TECH AMONG THE “50 MOST UNDERRATED COLLEGES IN AMERICA.”* BECAUSE WE«RE COOL LIKE THAT. WE«VE GOT ALL THE CONFIDENCE OF A BEST-KEPT SECRETÑEDUCATING THE BRIGHTEST STUDENTS IN THE COUNTRY, INVENTING THE FUTURE, TALKING THE TALK, AND WALKING WEÕRE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN THE WALK. AND GETTING NOTICEDÑWHEN IT REALLY MATTERS.

LIKE WHEN ILLINOIS TECH ALUMNUS MARTY COOPER INVENTED THE CELL PHONE.

AND WHEN 2015 GRAD DANE CHRISTIANSON BUILT HIS X-CUBE PUZZLE IN OUR IDEA SHOP AND GOT 1.6 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE (IN ITS FIRST MONTH).

LIVE IT AND WHEN CURRENT STUDENT ALYSSA BOWES HELPED CONSTRUCT A DEVICE TO MODEL AN ANTINEUTRINO DETECTOR.

AND WHEN ALUMNA SUSAN SOLOMON DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF OZONE DEPLETION SEE IT IN ANTARCTICA. THEY ALL SAW A CHALLENGEÑAND WENT FOR IT.

SO IF YOU«RE WONDERING WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GO TO ILLINOIS TECH, IT«S PEOPLE LIKE DO IT THEM. PEOPLE WHO ARE CURIOUS AND SHARP AND AMBITIOUS AND REBELLIOUS. PEOPLE WITH THE AUDACITY TO DO THINGS BETTER, SMARTER, AND FASTER. PEOPLE WHO ARE BE IT READY TO LIVE, SEE, DO, BE, AND OWN IT ALL. PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

AND THERE ARE OTHER RANKINGS THAT MATTER: OWN IT WE’RE #1 IN ILLINOIS AND #24 IN THE U.S. FOR MID-CAREER EARNINGS OF GRADUATES WHO HAVE RECEIVED A To learn more about Dane and his X-Cube puzzle, flip to page 13. BACHELOR’S DEGREE (PAYSCALE COLLEGE RETURN ON INVESTMENT REPORT 2014–15).

ILLINOIS TECH IS CONSISTENTLY NAMED AS AN EDUCATIONAL “BEST VALUE” BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, THE PRINCETON REVIEW, AND FISKE GUIDE TO COLLEGES.

WE’RE AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION IN KIPLINGER’S BEST VALUES IN PRIVATE COLLEGES 2014.

OUR HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 CITIES FOR TECHNOLOGY CAREERS BY CIO. 2 3

QUIDDITCH OR THE AVENGERS?

At Illinois Tech you’ll be part of a smart, dynamic group of students whose LIVE IT interests (and eccentricities!) are apparent in our diverse list of more than OUR CAMPUS 150 student organizations. Are you interested in… Even though you have Chicago as your playground, there’s so much • Photography to do on Illinois Tech’s 120-acre campus, too! You can check out a • Comic books comedian, go bowling, or play video games in The Bog. Attend a • Quidditch talk by a visiting architect. Get your hands dirty in our urban farm • Theater and play flag football in the Quad. Swim some laps in Keating and • Doctor Who play tennis on our courts. Grab a coffee and squeeze in some ping- • Engineers Without Borders pong in the MTCC (while you’re there check out what’s spinning on • Chess WIIT, the university’s student-run radio station). GAME ON • Music • Student government • Volunteering • Urban farming Love sports? We’re proud of our legacy of excellent student-athletes. • Skiing and snowboarding At Illinois Tech you’ll get time on the court and in the field—and still get a world-class education. …or one of any other tons of activities? You can do it here. If recreation and fitness are more your speed, or you just like to stay active, you can get moving at everything from cricket and yoga to And at Illinois Tech you can even start your dodge ball and martial arts ... even a color run! own student group! Not an athlete at all (but still love to watch sports)? At Illinois Tech we have plenty of room in our Hawk’s Nest. Join the fan club and you can Learn more: iit.edu/campus-life get in the game, too.

Men’s: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Volleyball A STYLE ALL OUR OWN Women’s: Basketball, Cross Country, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Volleyball Forbes magazine called Main Campus one of Want to be a Scarlet Hawk? Visit www.illinoistechathletics.com and click the “Recruits” tab to complete “America’s most beautiful college campuses.” a “Recruit Me Form” for the sport you are interested in playing. 4 5

GRAB YOUR TRUMPET

GONE GEEK OR Or violin. Or clarinet. Illinois Tech’s GONE GREEK? campus is also home to VanderCook At Illinois Tech you can do both. Our College of Music, a highly renowned six fraternities and three sororities music school. All Illinois Tech students JUST HANG OUT emphasize academics, community can take classes at VanderCook. LIVE IT Illinois Tech students have a lot going service, and leadership. You’ll be So bring your instrument on. When their brains hit the limit a part of a supportive community and keep playing! COOL DIGS it’s time to unwind at two of the where at the end of the day tech rules. university’s main student hangouts. AND MILLION $ You can study hard, have fun, be a leader, and be your own individual. VIEWS The McCormick Tribune Campus Center was named among the Our residence halls have some pretty Shimer College, the “Great Books “most amazing campus student killer features and skyline views. Illinois College,” is also on our campus. unions” in the country (Best College Tech’s State Street Village was named All Illinois Tech students can take Reviews). Apart from its awesome one of the “coolest dorms in the classes at Shimer—from literature to design (a Chicago “El” train runs nation” by U.S. News & World Report. DID SOMEBODY feminism to film history. through a 530-foot tube on top of it), SAY TACOS? the MTCC houses a coffee shop and You’ll find built-in friendships. Your convenience store, ping-pong tables, space—and your room to grow. Quiet You won’t go hungry here—and our a full-service restaurant, lounges, places when you need it, and places popular Taco Thursdays are only the foosball, and an outdoor beach to kick back when it’s time to unwind. beginning. Do pizza one day or go volleyball court. Meet people. Study. Have a late-night vegan the next. We’ve got your diet debate in the lounge. Round up a and cravings covered—and we’ve group for a pick-up game. This is what even got a student advisory group just college is all about. for food. Plus, Chicago is one of the JOIN THE GREEN world’s great food cities, with every REVOLUTION And the amenities? Our residence type of cuisine imaginable. Sustainability is important to us. halls are totally wired. And they’ve Dine on campus or visit an ethnic Illinois Tech has solar panels on got cable, laundry, and fitness rooms, restaurant in the city. plus all the furnishings you need several buildings, a complex recycling The Bog is all about entertainment— and 24/7 security. You’re steps from and composting program, and from a bowling alley to video games classes, the dining halls, outdoor a sustainability action plan that is to a live performance venue. You can spaces, and the train. addressing everything from campus play pool, attend a spa night, hear vehicle emissions to stormwater a local band or comedian, or go use. It’s a commitment that we take dancing—and The Bog’s waffle fries BE A MUCKRAKER seriously—and a big reason why are pretty legendary, too. Princeton Review named us among Since 1928, Illinois Tech students the greenest universities in have informed and entertained the the country. campus with TechNews, the “world’s greatest college newspaper.” Plus our entire Main Campus— Report on university news, review a SMASHING PUMPKINS— including our first-in-Chicago new album, or write an op-ed piece. OUR VARIETY OF CAMPUS TRADITION research-based advanced wind Share your voice. For 11 years, Illinois Tech’s annual Pumpkin Launch has tested the engineering turbine—is part of the Perfect Power prowess of student teams, who design trebuchets, catapults—you name it— smart microgrid project. to see whose contraption can hurl a pumpkin the farthest. 6 7

To O’Hare Wrigley Field SEE IT (Cubs) Addison Lake Michigan CHICAGO—AND THE WORLD

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOUR CITY YOUR WORLD Chicago Magnificent 13 city blocks Illinois Tech’s surrounding Chicago is a go-anywhere, Stop and talk to someone Mile with 460 stores, Bronzeville and Bridgeport do-anything global city. Go to walking across Illinois Tech’s 275 restaurants, theaters, and more! neighborhoods have tons a game—Blackhawks, Bears, campus and chances are Grand of history and just as much Cubs, Fire, Sky, White Sox. you’ll get a mini-geography Willis Tower personality. You can check out Visit one of the world’s best lesson. Our students come from an edgy art gallery, eat at an museums. Get lost in world- the coasts of Saint Lucia, the Navy Pier old-school soul food restaurant renowned architecture. Dine at mountains of Vietnam, and The Loop or Italian café, or ride your bike a five-star restaurant or chow the cities of Brazil. We have a Downtown Chicago Millennium Park

along the lakefront, less than down at a hole-in-the-wall. Go multinational student body with Art Institute one mile from campus. The to a Broadway play, or go see students from 100 countries and of Chicago cool stores and restaurants of your favorite band in concert. all 50 states. Giordano’s Buckingham bustling Chinatown, Pilsen, You can do it all—and it’s all just Pizza Fountain and South Loop are nearby, too. minutes from Main Campus. And you can get out there GET OUT AND Shedd Aquarium Diversity is right outside and see it firsthand, too. Illinois Tech offers study abroad GET AROUND your door. Jewel-Osco Adler Planetarium program options on six Every Illinois Tech undergrad receives (grocery store) continents for every major, a Ventra U-Pass, which gives you Field Museum Target Roosevelt along with internship and unlimited access to CTA public volunteer opportunities. Soldier Field transportation citywide. Take the (Bears) “El” downtown. Catch a bus to Theater go shopping. Or explore one of 31st Street Beach Chicago’s seemingly endless number of neighborhoods, each with its own 18.5 mile lakefront bike path unique personality and attractions. Chinatown Your U-Pass will get you there. METRA Rock Island Line: Lovana S. “Lou” Jones Station at 35th Want to create your own route? To Midway Sox-35th 35th-Bronzeville-IIT Hop on a Divvy bike share at one of the on-campus bike stations, and U.S. Cellular Field Pearl’s Place (White Sox) (soul food) cruise anywhere you like. Starbucks Museum of Science & Industry

Illinois Institute of Technology The McCormick Tribune Campus Center BEACH .75 mi 8 9 MEET A FEW OF OUR ROCK STARS YOUÕLL BE LEARNING FROM THEM!

Matthew Spenko Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S. Northwestern University, M.S. and Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Director, IIT Robotics Lab Academic Programs Designs mobile hybrid robots that go where other robots canÕt (for his robotÕs with a Technology Focus gecko-like gripper, that may include outer space to clean up space debris) At Illinois Tech our students describe our programs as challenging, focused, and demanding—and Carly Kocurek employers say they hire our graduates because DO IT Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities they can “hit the ground running.” What makes and Media Studies our undergraduate education different is a focus B.A. Rice University, M.A. and Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin STUDY on emerging technologies and our interdisciplinary, collaborative programs. When we say we’re different, A cultural historian and authority on video we mean it. gaming and new media technologies, AND RESEARCH is co-authoring a book series about significant game designers

Carlo Segre Duchossois Leadership Professor, RESEARCH Professor of Physics B.S. University of Illinois at UrbanaÐChampaign YES, EVEN AS AN UNDERGRAD! Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Is there a topic that really drives you? Range of projects includes nanoelectrofuels for innovative batteries, Illinois Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Research crystal optic devices for delivery and connects undergrads with research opportunities. detection of X-rays at synchrotron You’ll find opportunities through Illinois Tech’s research beamlines, and the Chicago-area affiliates, including Argonne National Lab and bridge building competition for high school students Gaby Sumampouw (Chemical Engineering ’15), from Indonesia, is Fermilab, plus companies on campus at University researching how to offset fossil fuels use by creating biofuels from algae. It’s Technology Park and throughout Chicago. Many of just one of the many opportunities on campus that engage undergraduates in our faculty are experts in their fields and offer a direct Weslynne Ashton research with real-world applications. line to research opportunities in the greater Chicago Assistant Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability area and beyond. There are even programs that B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, provide undergraduates stipends for research. M.S. and Ph.D. Yale University

Led a three-year multinational effort to promote and facilitate cleaner production and sustainable industrial development throughout the Americas 10 11

DO IT ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEVELOPED MORE MATHLETE BY ILLINOIS TECH STUDENTS Students in the IIT Motorsports club designed and THAN ATHLETE? built an electric vehicle that won the 2015 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Innovation Award at the Formula Hybrid Perhaps your idea of a sporting event is building a Competition. Below are a few ideas that made their robot that will totally crush the competition (literally and WISER Tomahawk innovative. figuratively). Illinois Tech’s student academic-oriented groups and special programs offer something for aspiring architects, entrepreneurs, inventors—you name it.

• Design a quadcoptor in Illinois Tech Robotics or join the IIT Robotics Lab How It Works: The IIT WISER Tomahawk • Test your Capture the Flag skills in HackIIT • Develop ways to hide covert files in an MP3 in the Cyber Forensics and Security Lab • Pitch your idea for a cool new gadget in IIT CEO • Research a building while studying abroad in the IIT Berlin++Summer Program • Form your own group and design a chainless, fluid-powered bicycle for a national competition Direct drive hub motors Carbon fiber frame Prismatic cell battery Each wheel has Reduced weight of Flat instead of its own custom, Tomahawk by more rounded, an permanent liquid- than 50 percent improvement over cooled magnet over previous the previous ultra- motor student-built cars capacitor battery

If you want to know about crime in your neighborhood—or where a crime might take place next—you could talk to your local beat cop or consult the police blotter. Or you could ask Luis Larco (Electrical and Computer Engineering ’15).

While an Illinois Tech student, Luis, from Miami, Florida, worked with Professor Miles Wernick on a crime prediction project for the Chicago Police Department. The project involved developing tools that the CPD could use to develop a nuanced understanding of categories of crime—including social networking analysis, data mining, statistical machine learning, pattern classification, and computer-aided diagnosis. Luis helped to translate this data into a user-friendly In spring 2015, students in Professor Frank Flury’s Design/Build studio designed a website that can guide police officers when they assess variables in crime prototype rural hospital, and during the summer they collaborated with local villagers in patterns on any given beat. the Magetang district of Indonesia to build the clinic in the Central Java Province. During “This is one of the perfect examples of why I love my field,” Luis says, noting he’s the previous summer, another group of students and alumni built a library/study space for “helping my community by developing tools that help the police department secondary school students in the rural village of Twifo Hemang, Ghana. reduce crime in the city.” 12 13 IPRO Program One of Illinois Tech’s bragging rights is our flagship Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program. We started it in 1995, and it’s still one of only a few programs like it in the country. In IPRO you’ll work with other students from various majors to develop a solution to a real- world problem. If you’re already thinking about your post-college career, you’ll have a leg up— employers tell us they hire grads with the same teamwork and leadership skills that Illinois Tech students learn in IPRO.

Recent IPRO student teams have:

• Developed a prototype desalination device for the Sahara • Built sustainable water distribution systems in Haiti • Started a Òsmart recyclingÓ system on campus • Developed renovations for a historic neighborhood theater • Reimagined the failed 1940s Antarctic Snow Cruiser • Developed an assistive device to help visually impaired people swim The Idea Shop is where you can transform your ideas into reality. • Devised a mobile operating room for disaster relief This 13,000-square-foot innovation hub has serious tools: a state- in third-world countries DO IT of-the-art, rapid-prototyping lab featuring 3D printers and a 3D scanner, multiple CNC milling machines, a vacuum former, and ASK “WHAT IF?” laser cutter. It’s one-part entrepreneurial center and one-part gathering place, with full-time staff dedicated to helping you test AND SHOUT “WHY NOT!” the limits of your imagination.

YOU CAN BUILD IT IN Illinois Tech also has a Machine Shop on campus where you OUR KIND OF SUPERHEROES THE IDEA SHOP can fabricate and design pretty much anything for a class, do metalworking projects, and use a precision-cutting machine. Who doesnÕt want to be a superhero? At Illinois Tech our students are super-humans in trainingÑreal people using real superpowers to change the world for the better.

Students like Tyler Grudowski (Mechanical Engineering 3rd year), from Orland Park, Illinois, whose IPRO class is working to design a supinating arm for a robotic standing wheelchair designed by fellow students. His teamÕs goal is to provide increased mobility for people who have a disability but donÕt need to be confined to a wheelchair. “When I found out that there was a place at IIT ÒThe majority of students come to Illinois Tech to get a great X-CUBE entirely devoted to creation, I was blown away.” education because they want to make a positive impact on peopleÕs lives,Ó Tyler says. MARKS —Dane Christianson (Mechanical Engineering ’15), from Batavia, THE Illinois, who built the 52 moving parts of his X-Cube twisty puzzle So yes. Magical hammers and force fields are coolÑbut weÕll using 3D printers in the Idea Shop during his sophomore year at take a world-class STEM education any day. SPOT Illinois Tech. The X-Cube is now sold at Marbles: The Brain Store. 14 15

“If you think about it, we all drive our cars on a faith-based So Nishanth developed Strados, a machine-learning system,” says Nishanth Samala (Computer Science ’14). platform that predicts car health. The Strados app translates “We get into our car and hope and pray that it drives that raw computer signals from a car into relatable emotions day and no weird dashboard lights or sounds go off. Most and text. When connected with a maintenance provider, this of us have no idea what is going on inside, what to do when data can be used to preempt issues and save drivers money. BE IT problems occur, or how much fixing all of it should cost.” Nishanth credits his first Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) A $2,000 invoice for routine maintenance on his car got Program project—an unmanned aerial vehicle—for leading HANG WITH THE SMART KIDS Nishanth thinking. He wondered why it cost so much and him to a degree in computer science and Strados. Inc. more importantly, why there was such an imbalance of included Strados on its list of “America’s Coolest College available information between those who drove their cars Startups 2014.” and those who fixed them. AT ILLINOIS TECH YOU CAN BE ANYTHINGÑ MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN BE YOURSELF. NERD OUT ON POLYMERS. DIVE INTO EXASCALE COMPUTING. STUDY THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA. OR STUDY ALL OF THEM. BE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE.

OUR RECENT GRADS WERE ONCE JUST LIKE YOUÑFINDING THEIR WAY AND EXPLORING THEIR DREAMS. ILLINOIS TECH HELPED THEM GET THERE. MEET THE NEXT GENERATION OF GREAT INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURSÑAND PREPARE TO JOIN THEM.

When Emmanuel Klu (Computer Science ’13) asked his Katherine Darnstadt (Architecture ’05) solves architectural parents’ permission to leave their home in Ghana and problems in breakthrough ways. When the firm that she travel to the United States to attend Illinois Tech, none of founded was asked to address a South Side Chicago food them likely anticipated the miles Emmanuel would log desert, she designed a bus—not a building—to provide the elsewhere throughout the world. An intrepid backpacker, best solution. he has visited 21 states and six European countries. Emmanuel concluded this latest trip by jumping into a After acquiring an old Chicago Transit Authority bus and journey of a different type—his new role as a software poring over its manual, her firm converted it into Fresh engineer with the corporate engineering team at Google Moves, a mobile grocery store packed with produce. Fresh in Mountain View, California. Moves Mobile Markets are now part of a City of Chicago initiative providing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables to “This is an exciting opportunity to work on something underserved areas on the city’s south and west sides. new in a small team,” says Emmanuel. “I believe that it gives me the chance to contribute directly to innovation at “I think my time at IIT shaped so much of what I thought of Google, and at a very fast pace.” the profession, and the alumni and professors gave me the support and strength to challenge what the profession will be in the future,” Katherine says. 16 17

OWN IT INNOVATION

Gloria Ray Karlmark (CHEM, MATH ’65)— BEGINS HERE part of the Little Rock Nine who stood up against segregation in Arkansas schools Marvin Camras (EE ’40, M.S. ’42)— ILLINOIS TECH ALUMNI INNOVATORS pioneer of magnetic recording KNOW OUR CHANGE-MAKERS

When you graduate you’ll join all of them around the world in the get-ahead-and-do-big-things club. And when we say around the world, we mean all 3,959 miles of it: Our alumni are in more than 128 countries and all 50 states.

martY cooper (EE ’50, M.S. ’57)— Anita Burke (ME ’90)—vehicle inventor of the cell phone chief engineer for the GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado

Rajeev Chandrasekhar (M.S. CS ’88)— Ed Kaplan (ME ’65)—pioneer in member of the team that developed Think this building by the world-renowned architect barcode technology the Pentium chip ETHYLENE (and current Illinois Tech professor) John Ronan is TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE cool? This will be one of your classrooms when you get here. Our new Ed Kaplan Family Institute IS THE NEW BLACK* for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship will also house the rapid-prototyping Idea Shop, the IPRO Program, and work spaces where ILLINOIS TECHÕS your entrepreneurial endeavors can incubate INNOVATION CENTER and flourish. It will be a hub for creativity and exploration on campus.

JaSON RESCH (CS ’06)— *Into architecture? The Innovation Center will be SOFTWARE ENGINEER WITH MORE a living laboratory for cutting-edge design. Its THAN 58 PATENTS (AND 200 first-in-Chicago dynamic façade of ETFE (ethylene PENDING) TO HIS NAME tetrafluoroethylene) foil cushions will vary the amount of solar energy entering the building susan solomon (Chem ’77)— through sophisticated pneumatics and give the discovered manmade building a light, cloud-like appearance. Leonard Reiffel (EE ’47, M.S. ’48, chlorofluorocarbons were Ph.D. ’53)—inventor of the destroying the ozone layer Victor Tsao (M.S. CS ’80)— Telestrator, used to highlight co-founder of Linksys sports plays on TV 18 19

Illinois Tech offers undergraduate programs in the following colleges and schools: ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Armour College of College of Lewis College of School of Applied Stuart School of Engineering Architecture College of Science Human Sciences Technology Business

In addition to the undergraduate programs offered by each of these six colleges, students may go on to attend graduate school in one of Illinois Tech’s two other colleges: Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Institute of Design.

Academic Minors Double Down: Your Ultimate Combined Undergraduate/ You can broaden your skills and pursue your Academic Twofer Graduate Law Programs other academic interests with a minor in Illinois Tech offers a special program (leading to B.S./J.D. degrees) one of a number of areas of study. Just a that allows you to complete both your Law school classes are taken at few examples of academic minors include: bachelor’s and master’s degrees in as Illinois Tech’s Chicago-Kent College few as five years. And you get to keep your of Law. Students have access to • Artificial Intelligence undergraduate scholarships in your fifth pre-law advising and LSAT • Information Security year! Examples include: preparation assistance. • Information Architecture • Programming Languages • B.S. in Applied Mathematics/M.S. in • Internet Application Development Computer Science • Entrepreneurship • B.S. in Information Technology and • Human Resources Management/M.S. in Cyber Forensics and Security • Public Administration • Military/Naval Science • B.S. in Physics/M.S. in Health Physics • Environmental Engineering • B.S. in Biochemistry/M.S. in Food Safety For more about majors, minors, and • Engineering Graphics and CAD and Technology academic programs in between, visit • Rehabilitation Services • B.S. in Computer Science/M.S. in admissions.iit.edu/undergraduate/ • STEM Education Intellectual Property Management programs • Literature and Markets • History • And over 50 more! • Music It’s focused, highly specialized, saves you • Urban Studies...... and many more! money—and you can earn your second degree in one of more than 50 areas.

Lewis College of Human Sciences students explore Chinatown as part of a social sciences course. We get it. We really do. If you have a lot of ideas about what you want your major to be, itÕs OK. YouÕre not alone. If you choose to come to Illinois Tech as undecided, you can delay your selection of a major until your sophomore year.

Choose from Undecided Engineering, Undecided Science, or General Undecided (business, applied technology, communication, humanities, psychology) to get started. YouÕll take courses in every UNDECIDED? departmentÑand along the way youÕll find the path thatÕs right for you. And you have alternatives if you realize that your major really isnÕt right for you. Changing to any of our NO PROBLEM. 36 majors simply requires a conversation with your academic counselor. 20 21

Armour College of Engineering College of Architecture College of Science Lewis College of Human Sciences

Armour College of Engineering has been educating world-class engineers since The College of Architecture teaches students how to see architecture through Rigor and relevance. These two words describe the educational experience Lewis College of Human Sciences rests at the nexus of knowledge, methods the university’s founding in 1890. As a twenty-first-century engineering student, a different lens—and how to become self-constructers who glean knowledge you can expect from the College of Science. Our programs are firmly for discovery, human thought, and action. Because, in the end, the study, you’ll learn the principles of your profession and work in an interdisciplinary from the world around them. grounded in the fundamentals of mathematics, science, and technology, development, and use of technology and science have little meaning or environment that emphasizes hands-on learning, teamwork, and leadership. and understood within their application to the outside world. They are relevance if disconnected from people. Our B.Arch. curriculum is centered on a studio sequence of increasing challenging and academically demanding. And that’s what you should Our newly renovated John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center is designed complexity. You’ll study topics from the basic building elements to the Our technology-focused education emphasizes the free spirit and broad expect from a college that prides itself on making sure its students are specifically to encourage an intersection of ideas, featuring spaces where you complex city itself. In addition to design, the courses include architectural perspectives of a traditional liberal arts program. Our faculty are dedicated prepared to make a difference in the world—not only on day one, but also and fellow students can work together to develop the next innovative idea. history and theory, building technologies, structures, design communication, to bridging the gap between theory and application, and ideas and 25 years after they graduate. and professional practice as well as a range of courses beyond architecture. accomplishments. You will learn how to address compelling human At Armour College we integrate innovative thought, entrepreneurship, You will find all the benefits of a small, private school coupled with the problems through practical research projects, and benefit from class sizes creativity, and design with engineering theory, research, and practice. You’ll A five-year, NAAB-accredited professional degree allows you to enter the research capacity of a major league institution. that purposefully are kept small in order to increase your interaction with get the chance to work on projects that are normally open only to graduate workplace with a degree recognized as a prerequisite for licensure by state some of the best professors in the country. students and to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to complex registration boards. We offer you the chance to work on research projects at the beginning of problems facing society today. your academic career at Argonne and Fermilab national laboratories. The college has more than 700 students from 50 countries and 100-plus Distinctive Program: Humanities with Relevance Cancer therapeutics, big data and analytics, nanomaterials, discrete applied faculty members. Ninety-five percent of our faculty are practicing architects. Distinctive Programs: mathematics, cloud computing, particle physics, superconductivity—these Though hundreds of colleges and universities offer programs in the IIT Engineering Themes and Armour R&D The College of Architecture is ranked #15 in the country and #1 in the Midwest are just some of the areas where you can find yourself working alongside humanities, social sciences, and psychology, Lewis College students have (DesignIntelligence). faculty and graduate students. the advantage of studying alongside engineers, architects, scientists, and We enhance our classroom experiences with “extras” through our IIT business people. We regard mentoring and cross-disciplinary networking as Engineering Themes program, such as lecture series, forums, interactive Distinctive Programs: Design/Build and Cloud Studios Distinctive Program: cornerstones of our distinctive education. problem-solving exercises, professional site exploration, and team-intensive engineering projects that focus on water, health, energy, and security. Our Springing from the legendary workshops of the Bauhaus, Illinois Tech’s Undergraduate Research Stipends automated IIT Engineering Themes Portfolio will aid you in building a personal teaching remains rooted in the connection between design and making. We offer a number of $5,000 College of Science Undergraduate Summer Undergraduate Programs Today, you can experience that connection in our 14,000-square-foot online portfolio of your work. Research Stipends so that select college undergraduates can conduct Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degrees in: Materials Workshop. In this inspiring industrial space, designed by Ludwig research for 10 weeks during the summer. This financial support allows • Applied Analytics • Humanities Our distinctive Armour R&D program allows you to take part in fundamental Mies van der Rohe, you’ll physically engage with a multitude of tools, students to participate in research work between school terms and to catalyze • Behavioral Health and Wellness • Political Science and applied research projects that address global challenges. It will help you materials, and techniques. In Design/Build studios, you and your fellow their scholarly activities and productivity. gain a complete understanding of the research and development process, students will collectively design and construct full-scale buildings—fulfilling the • Communication • Psychology • Consumer Research Analytics and • Social and Economic Development specifically the implementation of technology based on research findings. notion of a “hands-on” education. Undergraduate Programs Communication Policy Cloud Studios are a school-wide educational and research laboratory in • Digital Humanities • Sociology Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degrees in: Undergraduate Programs which students from all degree programs work together on research and • Applied Mathematics • Chemistry Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degrees in: design topics related to the metropolis. You will experience other modes of Honors Law Program (B.S. and J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in studying and working on the built environment, and find the opportunity to • Applied Physics • Computer Information Systems • Aerospace Engineering • Electrical Engineering six years instead of seven) define yourself by moving into one of these advanced degree programs. • Astrophysics • Computer Science • Architectural Engineering • Engineering Management • Biochemistry • Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics Dual Degree Programs (B.S. in Political Science and Master of Public • Biomedical Engineering (Cell • Materials Science and Engineering • Bioinformatics • Physics Administration, or B.S. in Psychology and M.S. in Personnel and Human and Tissue Engineering, Medical • Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Programs • Biology • Physics Education Imaging, or Neural Engineering) Resources Development or Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling) • Dual Degrees (B.S.) in both Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) • Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering and Pre-Medical/Health Professions Program Our Cloud Studio program allows B.Arch. graduates to apply fifth-year • Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Honors Pharmacy studies toward the M.S. in Architecture or the Ph.D. in Architecture. • Computer Engineering • Engineering Graphics and CAD Secondary Education Curriculum (Certificate) engineering.iit.edu arch.iit.edu science.iit.edu humansciences.iit.edu

“Last summer I studied abroad through “I’ve been a part of two medical brigade “The classes at Illinois Tech explore every the CORBU++ Travel Program. We went to trips to South America with MEDLIFE, “The psychology professors challenge us layer of the engineering process. In civil Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany. and I’m enrolled in the Global Challenges to think about the world in a different engineering we learn the cost, designs, legal Going was definitely the best decision and Developing Country Needs IPRO for way, without an agenda. There aren’t right permits, and construction—everything to of my life. The architecture program at the fall. It’s great to know that Illinois or wrong answers in those discussions, turn a project into reality. On my first day Illinois Tech definitely pushes you to the tech is looking ahead to the future of which opens up the conversation that of class we studied the code of ethics. This limit and constantly tests you to get health care and is already finding ways much more.” is important because as engineers we have outside of your comfort zone.” to be held to high standards.” to get students involved.” —Wudasse Berke (Psychology ’15), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia —Amr Mohsen (Architecture 3rd Year), Cairo, Egypt —Leslie Lyons (Civil Engineering ’16), Ottawa, Illinois —Irena Grauzinis (Biochemistry/Pre-Med ’17), St. Charles, ILLINOIS 22 23

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The School of Applied Technology combines a hands-on, industry-based, At Stuart School of Business you’ll learn the language of tech and innovation project-focused approach with an understanding of how management with the added advantage of living in Chicago—internationally renowned DEVELOPMENT principles apply to technology. You’ll learn the information technology as a “place to do business” and a growing tech hub. In addition to studying disciplines of management, development, technology and theory, with outstanding business faculty who have advanced degrees in science, Finding the operations, and security—and the professional skills to be a corporate engineering, and technology-based disciplines, you’ll have the chance to innovator and tech entrepreneur. interact with some of the best executive, managerial, and entrepreneurial Right Fit for You talent in the world. Distinctive Program: Project-Based Learning Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Our programs emphasize analytics and quantitative methodologies, hands- or Information Technology? Industry-sponsored projects provide you with opportunities to work in group on learning, and real-world problem solving. You’ll learn how to collaborate situations and to produce portfolios of your work. Faculty with significant with—and lead—interdisciplinary teams by working on highly innovative, You love tech. Computers, coding, the industry—what makes it all tick. industry experience will teach your classes and help guide your professional technology-driven projects. You know you want to work in this field, you’re just not sure which major development. You will make presentations both in class and at professional is best for you. events, and document your projects in academic publications. Like other SAT Distinctive Program: Entrepreneurship graduates, you’ll be able to demonstrate what you have accomplished—and At Illinois Tech we’ll help you find the right path. Here are three academic Stuart classes include a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, and not just what you have learned. majors that students often choose between, and a bit about each feature numerous opportunities to work on projects for real clients in the degree program. Recent student projects have addressed: Chicago area. Outside of the classroom, a variety of entrepreneurial and • Providing 911 operators the indoor location of people making emergency calls financial student competitions allow you to apply your skills and gain on mobile phones recognition from your peers and future employers. Computer Science (College of Science) • Creating a SIP-based telephone service for the Illinois Tech community If you’re into math and innovation, and are interested in the theoretical • Wearable computing and clothing-based proximity sensors for the Undergraduate Programs concepts behind the technology, computer science could be a good Pre-Med visually impaired fit for you. You’ll learn the programming paradigms and when each • Cyber forensics, steganography, and security Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.) is most applicable, which will enable you to keep up with this rapidly and Pre-Health B.S./Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), B.S./M.S. Finance, changing field. Beyond the fundamentals, you will be able to focus in Programs Undergraduate Programs and B.S./M.S. Marketing Analytics areas of data mining, information security, artificial intelligence, and Dual Admission B.S./Juris Doctor (J.D.) distributed computing. Create the next programming language! Bachelor of Information Technology and Management At Illinois Tech science, engineering, and technology are in our DNA. Minor in Business If you’re interested in going to medical school one day, our pre-med Option to complete a graduate degree simultaneously with your Minor in Economics Computer Engineering program can give you the best of both worlds—rigorous training and undergraduate degree Minor in Entrepreneurship personalized academic experiences—and prepare you to get in. (Armour College of Engineering) Specializations: Business Specializations We offer joint programs in medicine that can lead to a B.S. degree from Are you drawn to the electrical and hardware components of Illinois Tech and either a D.O., M.D., or O.D. degree from Chicago-area • Systems Security • Applied Mathematics • Information Technology computing? If yes, then computer engineering may be the way to go. schools. You can also apply to our pre-pharmacy program, which • Data Management • Architecture • Life Sciences You’ll study everything from microprocessors to embedded computing • Internet Development and Applications allows early entrance into pharmacy school at Midwestern University. • Construction Management • Marketing devices to laptop and desktop systems to supercomputers. You will • IT Entrepreneurship and Management Or you can minor in pre-medical studies, which ensures completion of all • Environmental Management • Mechanical Engineering work on how data is communicated among electronic components, • Software Development prerequisites for entrance into medical school and prepares you for your • Finance • Psychology how software is written for specific hardware platforms, and how • System Administration M1 year. • Human Resource Management microprocessors are designed and optimized from an electrical • Networking and Communications engineering viewpoint. Illinois Tech’s Main Campus is minutes away from some of the country’s Stuart’s finance program is ranked 6th in the U.S. and 33rd globally by best hospitals. Find opportunities for experience right here in Chicago. Financial Times (2015). Information Technology and Management appliedtech.iit.edu stuart.iit.edu (School of Applied Technology) B.S./M.D./D.O./O.D./Pharm.D. Programs This major is about knowing and managing IT—and translating it into In addition to pre-medical studies, Illinois Tech offers four dual-degree a useful business tool. Our ITM program integrates theoretical principles programs: with applied hands-on laboratory and project collaboration. You’ll learn • Illinois Tech/Midwestern • Illinois Tech/Illinois College of “Being at IIT taught me the value of the about a variety of IT fields, including Web and application development, University Chicago College of Optometry B.S./O.D. business school residing at a tech school. system architecture, networking, database systems, systems security, “Most SAT classes can be taken online. A mandatory computer science class Osteopathic Medicine B.S./D.O. So if you are somewhere remote, you can contemporary programming languages, and more. • Illinois Tech/Midwestern taught me that programming wasn’t for me, • Illinois Tech/Rush Medical University Chicago College still attend class virtually or even but I appreciate and value my relationships Not sure if any of these are right for you? Illinois Tech has many College B.S./M.D. of Pharmacy B.S./Pharm.D. watch screen recordings after the with those who study computer science. class has happened.” other tech-centered programs, including digital humanities, The tech classes helped me move from just bioinformatics, applied analytics, and business with a tech Students earn a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Tech and a medical —Doug Wilhelm (Information Technology and being a marketing student to seeing myself specialization. Our admission counselors can walk you through the degree from the medical, pharmacy, or optometry school. Management ’15), Galien, Michigan as a social media marketer.” options, and we can connect you with professors in a given major who can provide you more details. —Caren Ong (Business Administration ’14), Penang, Malaysia 24 25 If you haven’t applied to Illinois Tech yet, it’s time to get started. Learn—and Serve. Join ROTC! Want to apply your tech background to a military career? Illinois Tech can Here’s how prepare you to succeed in both areas. We have Reserve Officer Training to begin! Corp (ROTC) programs for the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. You’ll gain advanced leadership skills and test yourself physically and mentally.

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Application Requirements and StepsÑFree to Apply High School Requirements Important Dates and Deadlines THE ESSENTIAL Illinois Tech is looking for students of high academic caliber with strong Students engaged in a college preparatory or We recommend submitting your application as early as possible. Our admission community ties and work ethic. In the application, we evaluate your academic general education curriculum generally make counselors are available to guide you through the process and answer any INFORMATION standing, extracurricular activities, and community-based leadership good candidates for Illinois Tech. Specifically, questions you and your family may have. Some dual-degree programs and involvement. We also like to hear why you think an education at Illinois Tech we recommend the following high school scholarships have special deadlines (see below). ON APPLYING TO would help you pursue your academic and career goals and how you could courses be completed: contribute to the Illinois Tech community. Be specific. We want to hear your story! SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS DEADLINES • 4 years of English December 1: Camras, Crown, Duchossois, University ILLINOIS TECH STEP 1: COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION • 4 years of mathematics Applications are available online through the Common Application DUAL ADMISSION PROGRAMS DEADLINES • 3 years of science (4 for engineering and (apply.commonapp.org). science majors) December 1: B.S./D.O. STEP 2: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION • 2 years of social science February 1: B.S./J.D., Pharm.D. Choose a teacher who knows you well and can write about your strengths as ROLLING ADMISSION DEADLINES a student. One letter is required but up to three are accepted. This can be FOR FALL 2016 ADMISSION (classes begin August 2016) submitted electronically by the teacher through the Common Application. May 15: Admission deadline for international students living outside the U.S. STEP 3: HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS August 1: Admission deadline for students living in the U.S. Ask your high school counselor to submit your official high school/secondary school transcripts to the Office of Undergraduate Admission. NOTIFICATION PROCESS Illinois Tech announces decisions beginning in October and within a few weeks of STEP 4: TEST SCORES receiving your completed application materials. Send official ACT or SAT I scores to the Office of Undergraduate Admission. IIT’s ACT code is 1040; the SAT code is 1318.

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Think college is expensive? Special Scholarships WE’RE #1 IN ILLINOIS AND #24 IN THE It’s important to consider not just the cost of your education but the long-term value. Illinois Illinois Tech’s special scholarships range from full tuition to housing U.S. FOR MID-CAREER EARNINGS OF Tech creates opportunities in the most in-demand fields—and the returns for our graduates and summer research stipends. Most of these scholarships require in both the workplace and their daily lives are well documented. GRADUATES WHO HAVE RECEIVED an additional application and/or interview. A BACHELOR’S DEGREE (PAYSCALE If you’re wondering whether you can afford such a great education, perhaps the better COLLEGE RETURN ON INVESTMENT question is: Can you afford to pass it up? Special application required, apply by December 1 REPORT 2014–15). More than 98 percent of our students receive some form of financial aid—so we’ve had a lot Duchossois Leadership Scholars Program of practice delivering on our promise to make an Illinois Tech education affordable for you. Elite scholarship program for top students from across the country who have demonstrated exceptional leadership potential and academic success in their projected fields Learn more about financial aid: iit.edu/financial-aid Need-Based Grants Crown Scholarship • Awarded to students with need, as The College of Architecture’s most prestigious and selective determined by the Free Application for scholarship Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) • Many students who do not qualify for federal or state aid will qualify for No additional application needed, apply by December 1 institutional grants Camras Scholarship Program ILLINOIS TECH Selective scholarship program for top students, aimed at helping them become excellent researchers, leaders, and community- AFFORDABLE. FINANCIAL AID PROCESS oriented individuals University Scholars Program All full-time, first-year students are To help determine your eligibility, For students demonstrating excellent high school grades, please use our net price calculator at automatically considered for the Receive scholarship award letter standardized test scores, personal qualities, and extracurricular www.collegecostcalculator.org/iit. upon admission to Illinois Tech involvement Heald Scholarship upon application Tuition for admission to Illinois Tech. Additional application required, awarded on a rolling basis January 1: Submit FAFSA online $42,000 The Heald Scholarship is a merit- • www.fafsa.ed.gov • Illinois Tech code: 001691 2015Ð16 undergraduate tuition Illinois Tech/FIRST Scholarship based scholarship ranging from For students who participated in a FIRST Robotics Competition or a FIRST Tech Challenge in high school $15,000Ð$25,000. Mid-March: Receive a complete Room and Board award package Chicago Police and Fire Departments Scholarship $11,300 Awarded to children and grandchildren of members of the Chicago On-campus room and board costs vary Police Department, Chicago Fire Department, and Chicago depending on selection of campus housing Family’s Adjusted Gross Income Average Scholarships and Grant Aid Paramedic Department and meal plan $0–45,000 $38,800 Total Scholarships and Grant Collens Scholars Program $45,000–85,000 $34,640 Total Scholarships and Grant Students with significant need who are graduating from a Chicago Fees public high school or a Chicago charter high school $85,000–135,000 $29,480 Total Scholarships and Grant $1,680 $135,000 and above $26,760 Total Scholarships and Grant ILLINOIS TECH HAS BEEN NAMED AN EDUCATIONAL Costs estimated for housing based on FAFSA “BEST VALUE” BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2014Ð15 freshmen FAFSA filers For a complete list of scholarships, visit housing selection (on-campus, off-campus, THE PRINCETON REVIEW, AND FISKE GUIDE TO COLLEGES Includes state, federal, and institutional monies with parents) admissions.iit.edu/undergraduate/finances/scholarships. 28

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