Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Former names
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Rensselaer School (1824–1834) Rensselaer Institute (1834–1861) |
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| Motto | Knowledge and Thoroughness |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1824 |
| Endowment | $676.5 million (FY2015) |
| President | Shirley Ann Jackson |
| Provost | Prabhat Hajela |
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Academic staff
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478 (2015) |
| Students | 7,113 (2015) |
| Undergraduates | 5,864 |
| Postgraduates | 1,249 |
| Location |
Troy, New York, U.S. 42°43′48″N 73°40′39″W / 42.7300°N 73.6775°WCoordinates: 42°43′48″N 73°40′39″W / 42.7300°N 73.6775°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 265 acres (107 ha) |
| Colors | Cherry and white |
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| Mascot | Puckman The Redhawk |
| Affiliations |
NAICU AITU |
| Website | www |
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| Enrollment History: | |
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| 1825: 10 students | |
| 1850: 53 students | |
| 1875: 181 students | |
| 1900: 225 students | |
| 1910: 650 students | |
| 1925: 1,240 students | |
| 1945: 1,604 students | |
| 1950: 3,987 students (dormitory construction on "Freshman Hill") | |
| 1965: 5,232 students | |
| 2013: 6,995 students | |
| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| ARWU | 103-125 |
| Forbes | 135 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 39 |
| Global | |
| ARWU | 301-400 |
| QS | 310 |
| Times | 181 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 379 |
I have established a school at the north end of Troy, in Rensselaer county, in the building usually called the Old Bank Place, for the purpose of instructing persons, who may choose to apply themselves, in the application of science to the common purposes of life...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (/rɛnsəˈlɪər/), or RPI, is a private research university and space-grant institution located in Troy, New York, with two additional campuses in Hartford and Groton, Connecticut. It was founded in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is described as the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. Built on a hillside, RPI's 265-acre (107 ha) campus overlooks the city of Troy and the Hudson River and is a blend of traditional and modern architecture. The institute operates an on‑campus business incubator and the 1,250-acre (510 ha) Rensselaer Technology Park. Numerous American colleges or departments of applied sciences were modeled after Rensselaer. The university is one among a small group of polytechnic universities in the United States which tend to be primarily devoted to the instruction of technical arts and applied sciences.
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