WPI.edu

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

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There is some thing about Worcester Polytechnic (WP) located at Worcester, Massachusetts. With quality liberal education, excellent faculty to student ratio and overseas centers, it makes a difference. Find for yourself.

Campuses and Colleges

WP’s campus has 33 major buildings on an 80 acres site.

WP has a total of 11 scientific disciplines including Computer Science and Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil & Environmental and Industrial Engineerings and Interactive Media & Game Development etc. are offered.

As part of Liberal Arts, a dozen disciplines including Environmental Policy & Development, History, Philosophy & Religion, International Studies, Professional Writing etc are offered.

Besides, there are Management, many science courses, including bio-technologyu, psychology etc., and Pre-Professional Studies for law and medical and veterinary courses are on the offer.

Research Facilities at WP which can be used by students include Aerospace Laboratories, Atomic Force Microscopes, Fire Science Laboratory, Satellite Navigation Laboratory etc among a dozen of such facilities.

There are over 20 WPI project centers throughout the five continents, where over a third of graduate students do their research work.

Student Body

WP’s student body comprises around 3900 students including over a thousand graduate students, of whom, 26 % were women, drawn from more than 40 states of US and international students from 46 countries.

Faculty

A total of 324 members of faculty, both full time and part-time, with about 95 % of them possessing Ph.D.s, give WP a unique advantage of a rich student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1.

High Points

U.S. News & World Report rankings, WP is consistently in the top quarter among national universities. Selected as one of 16 national Leadership Institutions for liberal education by AACU.

Ranked 22nd Connectivity in Campus by The Princeton Review for 2006. WP ranked No. 1 out of 33 doctoral-intensive universities for "student-faculty interactions," in terms of both quality and quantity of time.

Annually, over 90 percent placement in jobs or graduate programs reported and co-op Program which gives 6-8 months of paid work experience available to all students, besides internships on and off campus.

The exhaustive list of businesses and industries that recruited WP students can read like a Chamber of Commerce’s members list, it can be found in main website.

Alumni

Some of the Inventions / Contributions of WP’s Alumni include Air-Bag Safety System, First Commercial Radio Station, Modern Rocketry, Stainless Steel, Traffic Engineering etc.

Brief History

WP was founded in 1865 as Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science. It is America’s third-oldest private independent technological university.

Housing

While 95 % freshmen live in college housing, it is actually guaranteed to all freshmen. Also, 67 % of all undergraduates use this facility. High-speed Internet, cable TV and telephone connections are available in all rooms.

Sports

60 percent of WP’s students participate in college sports with a total of 20 teams in 34 different sports. Besides, there are many student and faculty clubs in WP.

Health Center

The WPI Student Health Center offers basic health services and immunization. It is open throughout the year for students.

Address

100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280
+1-508-831-5000

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