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Fast Facts
Prestige and Value of an American Degree
- Real U.S. degree from 15th largest private university in the United States
- Same professors that are teaching on the New York Campus
- 100% delivered in Dubai or combined Dubai/New York delivery—your choice
- Founded in 1829, Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with nine colleges and institutes emphasizing career education and experiential learning.
- As of 2009, RIT was listed among the top regional universities in the Northeastern U.S.
- As of 2009, RIT was named among the best colleges for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.
Global Work Opportunities
- RIT programs have both academic and prefessional accreditations
- RIT has many alumni working world-wide including:
- 156 alumni in the Middle East (353 alumni, students, and non-degree)
- 1042 alumni in India (2,194 alumni, students, and non-degree)
Applied Learning
- Faculty who have professional and corporate work experience
- Experiential Learning (cases, projects, consultancy)
- Internships
Career Oriented
- 'Education for earning a living and living a life'
- Co-operative education
Cultural Preservation
- Strong technical program consistent with Islamic cultural values
Ability to interact with U.S. students
- RIT Dubai students can choose to spend anywhere from one to several quarters on the Rochester campus taking courses with U.S. students
- Rochester students can choose to spend anywhere from one to several quarters on the RIT Dubai campus taking courses with Dubai students
- Internet interactions, co-operation, competition between Dubai and Rochester based students
Alumni network
- RIT has a total of over 106,000 alumni worldwide that can assist in networking for new opportunities
- From all 50 states
- From more than 100 nations
Degrees awarded
- 2007-2008 Total: 3,902
- Associate, Diploma, Certificate: 517
- Bachelor's: 2,452
- Advanced Certificates: 43
- Master's: 871
- Doctorate: 19
RIT Libraries
- The RIT Wallace Library is the primary information resource center on campus
- 200 electronic databases
- over 30,000 electronic journals
- more than 55,000 e-books
- 11,000 audio, film, and video titles
- more than 498,000 books and print journals
- The Cary Graphic Arts Collection is a renowned resource for the study of printing history, bookbinding, typography, papermaking, calligraphy
- RIT Archives and Special Collections Library is the product of a merge of the RIT Libraries with RIT Teaching & Learning Services, including Online Learning, the Educational Technology Center (ETC) and the Teaching & Learning Center
RIT Faculty/Staff
- Full-time Faculty: 984
- Part-time Faculty: 19
- Adjunct Faculty: 427
- Full-time Staff: 1,974
- Part-time Staff: 130
- Total: 3,534
Sports
- At RIT, men's hockey, basketball, lacrosse, and women's volleyball and hockey are often ranked nationallyin the U.S. Many other RIT teams receive recognition in the Northeast.
- Men's Teams: baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, Division I ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling.
- Women's Teams: basketball, crew, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and volleyball.
- Facilities
- Gordon Field House, featuring two swimming pools, a fitness center, indoor track, and an event venue with seating for 8,500
- Hale-Andrews Student Life Center, with five multipurpose courts, eight racquetball courts, and a dance/aerobics studio
- the Ritter Ice Arena
- outdoor tennis courts
- an all-weather track
- athletic fields.