The California Institute of
Technology (Caltech) is founded as Throop University in 1891 in Pasadena,
California and renamed the California Institute of Technology in 1920. Caltech
is a world-renowned science and engineering research and education institution,
where extraordinary faculty and students seek answers to complex questions,
discover new knowledge, lead innovation, and transform our future. Caltech's
124-acre campus is located in Pasadena, California.
The mission of the California
Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society
through research integrated with education. We investigate the most
challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly
collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to
become creative members of society.
The mission of the California
Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society
through research integrated with education. We investigate the most
challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly
collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students
to become creative members of society.
Academic Divisions
- Biology & Biological Engineering
- Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Engineering & Applied Science
- Geological & Planetary Sciences
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy
Students
- 977 undergraduate students
- 1,204 graduate students
- 31% female / 69% male
- 98% placed in the top tenth of their high school graduating class
- 79% of Caltech alumni ultimately obtain a graduate degree
Address: University
of California, San Francisco, Mu 200 West, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco,
California 94143-0402, United States of America
Website: http://www.ucsf.edu
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