What is Georgia Institute of Technology?
[[Image:TechTower.jpg|thumb|The Tech Tower, a big building at the '''Georgia Institute of Technology''']] The '''Georgia Institute of Technology''' is a public [[university]] (school for after high school) in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. It is also known as '''Georgia Tech'''. It focuses primarily on [[engineering]], [[science]] and [[computer science]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Higher-Education-at-the-Crossroads-of-Disruption/?k=9781800715042|title=High Tech: Georgia Tech, in Higher Education at the Crossroads of Disruption: the University of the 21st century, Andreas Kaplan, 2021, London: Emerald Publishers|accessdate=2021-04-22|work=emerald.com}}</ref> but also has schools of [[management]], [[architecture]], and [[liberal arts]]. When it opened in 1885, the school's main focus was on practical experience (learning things by doing them); students spent half of their time in class, and half in the shop. It first admitted women in 1952. In 1961, it was the first university in the [[Southern United States|South]] to integrate (let people of different races go to school together) without a court order. The school's colors are [[white]] and old gold ([[mustard]] yellow). Their mascot is [[Buzz (mascot)|Buzz]], a [[Yellowjacket|Yellow Jacket]] (a kind of bee-like wasp). ==References== <references /> {{commonscat|Georgia Institute of Technology}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.gatech.edu/|title=Georgia Institute of Technology|accessdate=2008-06-28|work=gatech.edu}} {{Atlantic Coast Conference}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Association of American Universities]] [[Category:Atlantic Coast Conference|Georgia Tech]] [[Category:Georgia Institute of Technology]] [[Category:Oak Ridge Associated Universities]] [[Category:1885 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]