The School of Science at Rensselaer

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The School of Science at Rensselaer
Information Session for Prospective Graduate
Students

• William L. Siegmann, Associate Dean for Graduate
  Education and Research

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We Are

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Founded in 1824, RPI is the nations oldest
technological research university.
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We Are

• More than you think!
• 61 Masters and 40 Doctoral programs in 5 schools
• Architecture
• Engineering
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Lally School of Management and Technology
• Science
• Interdisciplinary degrees
• Information Technology
• Applied (M.Eng., M.S.)
• Research-based (M.S., Ph.D)
• Professional (MBA, MFA, M.Arch.)

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We Are

• Over 8,100 students
• 5,100 Undergraduate Students
• 1,400 Graduate Students
• 1,600 Professional Masters Students
• Over 560 faculty (and growing) in nearly 60
  fields
• Electronic Arts
• Biotechnology
• Economics
• Nanotechnology
• Computer Modeling and Simulation

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We Are

• A diverse community of scholars, students, and
  researchers
• Every U.S. state and over 70 countries
  represented in our graduate student population
• Researchers, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs

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Core Research Areas
Information Technology
Biotechnology
Modeling and Simulation of Complex
Systems
Microelectronics and Microsystems
Nanotechnology And Advanced Materials
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Interdisciplinary Research Themes
Social and Economic Impacts and Policy Studies
Environmental Science and Systems
Management, Entrepreneurship, And Radical
Innovation
Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences
Multimedia, Arts, And Communications
Architecture, Design, And Visualization
Rhetoric and Communications
Ethics and Complex Systems
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We Are

• In convenient and accessible locations
• 260 acres in Troy, NY
• 14 acre-campus in Hartford, CT
• Regional sites in southeastern CT, northern VA,
  and Malta, NY
• Expanding our facilities
• More than 15 (and counting) major
  interdisciplinary research centers
• Center for Automation Technologies
• Center for Integrated Electronics
• Darrin Fresh Water Institute
• Incubator Center
• Academy for Electronic Media

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We Are

• Challenging ourselves and our students to
• Change the World
• Libraries contain more than .5M books, reports,
  documents as well as more than 7,000 titles of
  print and electronic journals
• 6M Mueller Center 32,000 sq. ft fitness center
• 100M Biotechnology Center
• EMPAC Experimental Media and Performing Arts
  Center

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We Are

• Here to help you discover Rensselaer!
• Looking forward to hearing from you!

Thank you for visiting Rensselaer!