•     The Georgia School of Technology opened for classes October 8, 1888.
•     129 students were registered to work towards the first degree offered, the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
•     The first academic building was the distinctive Tech Tower.
•     The Georgia School of Technology's first staff and faculty included five professors and five shop supervisors.
•     The first official motto was, “To Know, To Do, To Be”.
•     The Technologian, the first student publication, appeared March 1891.
•     In 1903, John Heisman became Tech's first full-time football coach.

•     In 1948, the Board of Regents authorized the Georgia School of Technology to be renamed the Georgia Institute of Technology.
•     The first women students enrolled Fall Quarter 1952.
•     Institutional accreditation is by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
•     Professional Accreditations:

American Chemical Society

American Council for Construction Education

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET

Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Industrial Designers Society of America

International Association of Counseling Services

International Facility Management Association Foundation

National Architectural Accrediting Board

National Association of Schools in Art and Design

National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education

Planning Accreditation Board

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

 

• Georgia Tech operates on the semester system.
• Georgia Tech offers educational opportunities from over 30 schools and colleges.
• Degrees are offered in the following:

  College of Architecture
  College of Computing
  College of Engineering
  Ivan Allen College
  College of Management
  College of Sciences

• The Georgia Tech Foundation was chartered in 1932. The endowment of the Georgia Tech Foundation has a current market value in excess of $1,223 million.
• The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) was created in 1980.

• Georgia Tech's College of Engineering ranked among the top 5 graduate schools in the nation according to the 2012 edition ofU.S. News & World Report. The College of Management's MBA Program ranked 28th.

Specific graduate program rankings in the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report include:

• 1st in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

  2nd in Biomedical Engineering 

  3rd in Civil Engineering 

  4th in Aerospace Engineering 

  5th in Environmental Engineering

  6th  in Computer Engineering

  6th in Electrical Engineering 

  6th in Mechanical Engineering

  8th in Materials Engineering

  8th in Nuclear Engineering

  11th in Chemical Engineering

  13th in Information Systems

  13th in Production/Operations

  14th in Supply Chain/Logistics

  17th in Part-time MBA

   

  Other rankings include:

  • QS World UniversityRankings ranked Georgia Tech 84th Overall and 13th in Engineering/IT.
  • Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Georgia Tech 27th Overall and 10th in Engineering and Technology.
  • Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Georgia Tech 5th in Engineering/Technology/ and Computer Sciences.

  • Georgia Tech ranked 8th among Graduate Urban Planning Programs according toPlanetizen.