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Lewis Institute

Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology (seal).svg
Motto Transforming Lives. Inventing the Future.
Type Private, Space-grant
Established 1890
Endowment $235.5 million
President Alan W. Cramb
Provost Frances Bronet
Academic staff
659
Students 7,809
Undergraduates 2,977
Postgraduates 3,289
1,543
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
Campus Urban, 120 acres (48.6 ha)
Newspaper TechNews
Colors IIT Scarlet      and IIT Gray     
Athletics NCAA Division III (in transition)
Formerly NAIACACC
Sports 10 varsity teams
Nickname Scarlet Hawks
Mascot Talon the Hawk
Affiliations
Website web.iit.edu
Illinois Institute of Technology (emblem).svg
University rankings
National
Forbes 254
U.S. News & World Report 103
Washington Monthly 44
Global
QS 401–410
Times 301–350

Coordinates: 41°50′4.75″N 87°37′42″W / 41.8346528°N 87.62833°W / 41.8346528; -87.62833

Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting research university located in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design and law. It traces its history to several 19th century engineering and professional education institutions in the United States.

In 1890, when advanced education was often reserved for society's elite, Chicago minister Frank Wakely Gunsaulus delivered what came to be known as the "Million Dollar Sermon." From the pulpit of his South Side church, near the site Illinois Institute of Technology now occupies, Gunsaulus said that with a million dollars he could build a school where students of all backgrounds could prepare for meaningful roles in a changing industrial society.


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