California Institute of Technology

INTRODUCTION ON CALTECH

The California Institute of Technology (also known as Caltech) is a private research and doctorate-granting university situated in Pasadena, California, USA. Although it was founded as a preparatory and vocational school by Amos G. Throop in the year 1891, the university attracted deserving scientists such as  Arthur Amos Noyes, George Ellery Hale and Robert Andrews Millikan in the beginning of  the 20th century. The vocational and preparatory schools were immobilized and spun off in the year 1910, and the college assumed its present name in 1921. In the year 1934, Caltech was nominated to the Association of American Universities(AAU), and the ancestor of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech peruses to supervise and operate, were established between 1936 and 1943 under Theodore von Kármán. The university is also one of the member of a  small group of Institutes of Technology in the United States which tends to be primarily dedicated to the instruction of technical arts and applied sciences.

CAMPUS AT CALTECH

Caltech's 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is situated in city of Pasadena, California, around 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is within walking distance from Old Town Pasadena to the Pasadena Playhouse District and that is why the two locations are frequent getaways for Caltech students.
                    

In the year 1917 Hale signed up a known architect Bertram Goodhue to produce a great approach for the 22 acres (8.9 ha) campus. Goodhue created the overall layout of the campus and designed the  building for physics, Dabney Hall, and many other structures, in which he needed to be steady with the character of the school, the local climate,  and Hale's educational philosophy. Goodhue's designs for Caltech  were also motivated by the traditional  architecture of Spanish mission from Southern California.

ACADEMICS AT CALTECH

Caltech is a small 4 year, highly suitable residential research university with a bit of majority in graduate programs. The Institute has been approved by the renowned Western Association of Schools and Colleges since the year 1949. Caltech is on the quarter system which means the fall term begins in late September and comes to an end before 
Christmas, the second term starts after New Year and comes to an end in mid pf March, and the third term begins in late March or early April and ends in early June.

Caltech has been rated first internationally since the year 2011 by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Caltech was rated as the top best university in the world in mainly two categories: Engineering & Technology and Physical Sciences. It is also known to have been found  the highest faculty citation rate in the world.