RIT Overview
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private higher education institute,
emphasizing career preparation, located in the township of Henrietta, outside
of Rochester, New York. It was founded in 1829. RIT's motto is The making of
a living and the living of a life. The institute is well-known for its information
technology, engineering, art, and photography programs. It also has one of the
oldest cooperative education programs in the United States in which students
hold a full-time job for a period (while not taking classes) as part of their
graduation requirements. The school year is divided into four 11-week (10 weeks
of teaching and 1 week of final exams) quarters instead of two longer semesters.
Whereas at many other colleges one would attend for two semesters and take summer
off, at RIT students generally attend fall, winter, and spring quarters with
an optional summer quarter. The information technology program was the first
nationally recognized IT degree, created in 1993. www.rit.edu
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