As it says in the school's brochure: "Caltech offers hospitality in its laboratories and classrooms for the genesis of ideas, provides support for their development, and demands uncompromising dedication to excellence in the results."
這正如一本介紹校史的小冊子所寫：「加州理工學院在課堂及實驗室，為充滿創造力的天才提供了慇勤的幫助，對他們的發展提供充分的支持，並在結果上，要求絕不折扣的卓越。」