Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1854 |
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Parent institution
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New York University |
| Dean | Katepalli R. Sreenivasan |
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Academic staff
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396 |
| Students | 5,212 |
| Undergraduates | 2,344 |
| Postgraduates | 2,868 |
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Brooklyn, New York, U.S. 40°41′40″N 73°59′12″W / 40.694412°N 73.986531°W |
| Campus | Urban, 15 acres (excluding CUSP and leased space) |
| Website | engineering |
| Enrollment History: | |
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| 1986: 5,100 students | |
| 2015: 5,212 students | |
The New York University Tandon School of Engineering is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States. The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions, the University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, were founded. The school's main campus is in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center, an urban academic-industrial research park. It is one of several engineering schools that were founded based on a European polytechnic university model in the 1800s, in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. It has been a key center of research in the development of microwave, wireless, radar, electronics in general, polymers, industrial engineering and operations research and the US space program.
On May 17, 1853, a group of Brooklyn businessmen wrote a charter to establish a school for young men. Named Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, the school moved into its first home at 99 Livingston Street in Brooklyn. The first class, admitted in 1855, consisted of 265 young men ages nine to 17. The school conferred its first bachelor's degrees in 1871. Graduate programs began in 1901 and the school awarded its first doctoral degree in 1921. From 1889 to 1973 the school became known as Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. In 1917, the preparatory program separated from the Institute and became the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School. Poly Prep is now located in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn. Polytechnic Institute moved to its present location in 1957, the former site of the American Safety Razor Company factory, where it became a co-educational institution.
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