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Former name
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Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (RAMI) |
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| Motto | The making of a living and the living of a life |
| Type | Private doctoral university |
| Established | 1829 |
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Academic affiliation
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| Endowment | $750.8 million |
| President |
William Destler David C. Munson, Jr (incoming) |
| Provost | Jeremy A. Haefner |
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Academic staff
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1,544 (Full-time, part-time, adjunct) |
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Administrative staff
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2,310 |
| Students | 16,842 |
| Undergraduates | 13,711 |
| Postgraduates | 3,131 |
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Henrietta, New York, U.S. 43°05′04″N 77°40′30″W / 43.084412°N 77.674949°WCoordinates: 43°05′04″N 77°40′30″W / 43.084412°N 77.674949°W |
| Campus | Suburban 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) |
| Colors | Brown and Orange |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Mascot | RITchie the Tiger, Ricky the Brick |
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| Website | www |
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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private doctoral university within the town of Henrietta in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area.
RIT is composed of nine academic colleges, including National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The Institute is one of only a small number of engineering institutes in the State of New York, including New York Institute of Technology, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It is most widely known for its fine arts, computing, engineering, and imaging science programs; several fine arts programs routinely rank in the national "Top 10" according to US News & World Report.
The Institute as it is known today began as a result of an 1891 merger between Rochester Athenæum, a literary society founded in 1829 by Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and associates, and Mechanics Institute, a Rochester institute of practical technical training for local residents founded in 1885 by a consortium of local businessmen including Captain Henry Lomb, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb. The name of the merged institution at the time was called Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute (RAMI). In 1944, the school changed its name to Rochester Institute of Technology and it became a full-fledged research university.
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