California Institute of Technology
- United States
- Founded 1891
Overview
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1891Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | CaliforniaSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 2,397 (2021)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Staff | 979 (year not stated)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | caltech.edu (opens in a new tab) |
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| YouTube | Official channel (opens in a new tab) |
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People who studied here
- Linus Pauling (opens in a new tab)American scientist (1901–1994)
- Donald Knuth (opens in a new tab)American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
- William Shockley (opens in a new tab)American physicist and inventor (1910–1989)
- Carl David Anderson (opens in a new tab)American physicist
- Charles Hard Townes (opens in a new tab)20th-century American physicist
- Frank Capra (opens in a new tab)Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)
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