Founded in 1890, Illinois Tech is a Ph.D.-granting research university with more than 7,800 students in engineering, science, architecture, design, applied technology, human sciences, business, and law programs. Illinois Tech's interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum is designed to advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to prepare students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment.