The history of the Georgia Institute of Technology can be traced back to Reconstruction-era plans to develop the industrial base of the Southern United States. Founded on October 13, 1885, in Atlanta
An early photograph of Georgia Tech depicting the shop building (left) and Tech Tower (right)
Atlanta during the Civil War (c. 1864)
Samuel M. Inman, an early and lifelong supporter of Georgia Tech
Isaac S. Hopkins, president of Georgia Tech from 1888 to 1896
The main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology occupies part of Midtown Atlanta, primarily bordered by 10th Street to the north, North Avenue to the south, and the Downtown Connector to the Ea
History of the Georgia Institute of Technology
…in all programs at Tech. Also in 1968, Helen E. Grenga became Georgia Tech's first full-tenured female engineering professor. The first women's dorm, Fulmer Hall, opened in 1969. Women constituted 31.1 percent of the undergraduates and 25.5 percent of the graduate students enrolled in fall 2010. Glen P. Robinson…
Tech Tower and Georgia Tech's East Campus in 2011 with Atlanta skyline in the background (Picture taken facing east)
Georgia Tech's East Campus and Central Campus as seen from an elevated point near Peachtree Street and North Avenue (Picture taken facing west)
Georgia Tech around 1900, with Tech Tower in the background
Beringause Building in 2019