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Top: Reference: Education: Colleges_and_Universities: North_America: United_States: California: Private_Colleges_and_Universities: California_Institute_of_Technology
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a small, private, research-oriented university located on a 124-acre campus in Pasadena, California.Caltech is home to some 1800 students, over half of which are graduate students and post-graduate fellows. The faculty numbers almost 300 professors, and about 500 research members. Caltech faculty and graduates are highly regarded in their fields; 26 Nobel prizes have been awarded to Caltech faculty and alumni. As an institution, Caltech is highly regarded, consistently ranking in the top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings (and First in 1999).
Caltech maintains strong programs in many areas of cutting-edge scientific interest, with a strong culture of interdisciplinary research and commercial start-ups.
Caltech is home to six academic divisions:Biology
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Engineering & Applied Science
Geological & Planetary Sciences
Humanities & Social Sciences
Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy
However, interdisciplinary research has a strong tradition at Caltech. Institutions such as Beckman Institute, the Computation and Neural Systems program, the Biochemistry program, and many others continue to demonstrate this.
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