Opportunity to work and understand the American workplace
Opportunity to obtain an American degree that has worldwide recognition
Opportunity to gain competency and proficiency in the American language
Marketability
Undergraduate, Graduate
Undergraduate, Graduate
Academic Calendar
Credit hour(s)
Grading System
GPA –Grade Point Average
1 credit hour equals 1 hour of lecture
1 credit hour equals 1 hour of lecture
° A graduate level course at IIT is usually 3 credit hours
° So, a 3 credit course at IIT means that the course is offered three times per week or once a week for
(3 c.h. x 1 hour) 3 hours
IIT: Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT: Illinois Institute of Technology
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Third largest city in the U.S. (8.55 million)
Third largest city in the U.S. (8.55 million)
25 miles of lakefront, 15 miles of bathing beaches
552 parks, 46 museums, more than 200 art galleries, approx. 7,000 restaurants,
200+ theaters, 15 T.V. stations, 100 radio stations,
13 daily newspapers
#1 in the U.S. high tech especially nano
#1 in the U.S. high tech especially nano
technology
#1 in the U.S. in manufacturing
#1 business travel destination
Center of the U.S. interstate highway system
Headquarters to 35 Fortune 500 companies
World’s largest public library
Reputable university – College of Distinction
Reputable university – College of Distinction
Small class size & easy access to professors
Cutting-edge research
University-wide focus on sustainability and renewable energies covering all disciplines
Location
Born in Chicago in 1916, Camras was known to his family as an "inventor" by the age of five
Born in Chicago in 1916, Camras was known to his family as an "inventor" by the age of five
In the late 1930s, Camras was studying electrical engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology (now the Illinois Institute of Technology).
Camras spent a fifty-year career at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he taught until 1994.
By the time of his death in 1995, he had earned over 500 US and international patents for his work. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1985, and in 1990 he won the National Medal of Technology.
CEO and Chairman, Zebra Technologies
CEO and Chairman, Zebra Technologies
Ed Kaplan, one of Chicago's most successful technology entrepreneurs, studied at IIT, where he graduated with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering
At 26 years old, Kaplan he invented the Bar Code and co-founded cutting edge Zebra Technologies, the bar-coding company
1890 founded as Armour Institute
1890 founded as Armour Institute
Ranks among the top 100 ranked colleges & universities in the U.S.
Member of the elite Association of Independent Technological Universities (aitu.org)
Architectural landmark campus & located in the city of Chicago
Listed as a ‘College of Distinction’
Inventors of the cell phone, surgical stapler, magnetic tape, first radio telescope…
Association of Independent Technological Universities ( AITU) (17 members)
Association of Independent Technological Universities ( AITU) (17 members)
I.I.T. Carnegie-Mellon CalTech
M.I.T. M.S.E. R.I.T….
IIT University Technology Park comprising 32 research centers, incubators
IIT University Technology Park comprising 32 research centers, incubators
2 partially federally funded research centers – NCFST (National Center for Food Safety & Technology) and IITRI (IIT Research Institute)
Close collaborative research with Argonne National Lab ( US Federal Lab) and Fermi Lab ( 2nd largest lab for particle physics in the world)
“Illinois Institute of Technology Leads Statewide Initiative to Create Jobs and National Hub for Smart Grid”
Chicago, Sep. 10, 2009 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announced today a $120 million
for the Perfect Grid from DOE ( US Dept of Energy)
IIT will become the flagship Perfect Power System in the U.S. which will confront & model a solution to the global energy crisis
IIT will become the flagship Perfect Power System in the U.S. which will confront & model a solution to the global energy crisis
Established in conjunction with the Galvin Electricity Initiative, Dept of Energy & IIT
Smart grid & technology-ready infrastructure
Smart grid & technology-ready infrastructure
Self-sustaining electricity infrastructure
Intelligent distribution system & system controllers
Onsite electricity production
Demand-response capability
Sustainable energy systems & green buildings/complexes
“Toyota USA Foundation Awards $500,000 to IIT Academy for Future Leaders in Science and Technology”
“Toyota USA Foundation Awards $500,000 to IIT Academy for Future Leaders in Science and Technology”
“IIT's Tech Park Forms Partnership with French Organizations to Support International Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology”
“…in establishing the world’s first International Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Hub at IIT in Chicago with its counterpart in France. “
“ All Cell Technologies…and its CEO, Said Al-Hallaj was named a laureate of the French Young Entrepreneur’s Initiative program”
“ All Cell Technologies…and its CEO, Said Al-Hallaj was named a laureate of the French Young Entrepreneur’s Initiative program”
“Illinois Institute of Technology to Lead Wind Energy Research Consortium”
“ U.S. Department of Energy Invests Up to $8 Million for University-Led Effort to Improve Wind Generation”
Doctoral degree-granting university
Doctoral degree-granting university
Research intensive
98% of full-time faculty with doctoral degrees or other terminal degrees
Class size – 85% of classes have fewer than 40 students; 26% of classes have fewer than 10 students
Highly selective
No student teaching assistants teach at the undergraduate level
Boeing IBM
Boeing IBM
Coca-Cola AT&T
Dell Computer Corp. McDonald’s
Energy Power Marketing Corporation
TelLabs Microsoft
Motorola Nec Technologies
Lucent Technologies Samsung Telecom
General Motors Western Electric
CTA Xerox ……..
Armour College of Engineering and Science
Armour College of Engineering and Science
College of Architecture
Institute of Psychology
Stuart School of Business
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Institute of Design
Center for Professional Development
College of Science & Letters
SPAIN:
SPAIN:
° Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)
° Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)
° Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV)
° Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura, Barcelona - UPC
° Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura, Madrid – UPM
http://iitparis.free.fr – click on Graduate Non-Degree Research
Application deadline:
13 October (Fall semester)
15 April ( Spring semester)
Registration of 2 credits per semester @
$1950 for Armour College ( based on Aug10 – May 11 cost)
Registration requirement of 2 credit hours for the semester and 1 credit hour over the summer ( Cost per credit hour is different for Armour College, Stuart School of Business & Institute of Design)
Registration requirement of 2 credit hours for the semester and 1 credit hour over the summer ( Cost per credit hour is different for Armour College, Stuart School of Business & Institute of Design)
Usually the professor covers the cost – however, if unable to do so, it becomes the responsibility of the research scholar to cover this cost
Funding program alternative – FARO GLOBAL Internship program (www.becasfaro.es) –funded by the Ministry of Science & Innovation in Spain – validity until Dec 31, 2010.