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This is City Tech

Since its founding in 1946 as the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, New York City College of Technology has served the citizens of New York and beyond. Offering a host of new and innovative programs, City Tech remains a pioneering force in higher education, preparing its students for tomorrow’s careers and for a lifetime of growth and change.

Known informally as City Tech, we are the college of technology of The City University of New York. We enroll more than 17,000 students in 66 baccalaureate, associate and certificate programs in the technologies of art and design, business, computer systems, engineering, entertainment, health care, hospitality, human services, the law-related professions, career and technology teacher education, and the liberal arts and sciences. Click here for a full list of programs.

  • The college also reaches about 15,000 students annually through its Division of Continuing Education and External Partnerships. City Tech programs are designed to anticipate emerging employment trends in the city, state, and nation, and the College has been identified by the Center for an Urban Future as a “leading engine of workforce development” within New York. Current Continuing Education offerings can be found at http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/continuinged/

  • City Tech is located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, adjacent to the Metro Tech Center academic and commercial complex. The campus is a two-minute walk from bus and subway lines serving the downtown Brooklyn area.

  • City Tech offers a distinctive combination: specialized technical instruction and a strong general education in the liberal arts and sciences. This curriculum helps students prepare for challenging, high-level professional opportunities, not merely for technical jobs. It also prepares students to be lifelong learners.

  • Many City Tech programs are unique within CUNY and some are offered nowhere else in the New York City area; among them are the degree programs in Restorative Dentistry, in Entertainment Technology, and in Data Science. Our connections with business and industry allow us to anticipate the needs of the future rather than to chase after them.

  • City Tech’s caring, committed faculty work side by side with students, fostering a strong sense of community. More of the teaching space of the college is devoted to specialized labs than to general purpose classrooms, a rare arrangement but one that allows the college to provide students with both theory and hands-on experience.

  • Many faculty members have a professional background outside of academia, providing students with the benefit of extensive real-world experience. Their close ties to industry often lead to student internships and permanent employment.

  • City Tech offers a diverse, multicultural learning environment. Students and faculty members come from more than 120 countries and speak more than 80 languages.

  • The College is an active partner in the renaissance of downtown Brooklyn and, especially, the emerging Brooklyn Tech Triangle, which looks to City Tech for the highly skilled workforce it requires. A strong program of internships and professional preparation serves students well in creating excellent career paths.

  • Students find it easy to reinforce academic skills and gain career experience through business and community assistance programs and research opportunities at prestigious national science laboratories.

  • A City Tech degree is a passport to success! The college has produced more than 90,000 graduates; many have remained in the greater New York area and contribute to its economic and professional vitality. Many alumni are nationally known in their fields, and more than 1,000 graduates are or have been corporate CEOs or business owners.

  • Innovative programs in the Division of Continuing Education and External Partnerships help meet students’ specific training and retraining needs and provide businesses with employees who have strong technical and management skills. For example, the unique Academy for Construction Education and Safety addresses an urgent New York City need for construction workers and managers with the skills to prevent avoidable accidents and meet mandated safety standards in construction.

The college frequently asks, “Where can technology take you?” The answer is clear: to an ideal mix of specialized skills and broad general education that will give you an edge in an increasingly competitive world, to a rewarding career, to the fulfillment that comes from knowing that you are pursuing your dreams.