Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute provides students with learning and discovery across academic disciplines. The Rensselaer approach to education is distinguished by experimental study; research and entrepreneurial partnerships with faculty; opportunities to collaborate in teams; and a lively and intellectually engaging campus environment. Rensselaer is home to a variety of cutting-edge facilities that accommodate and advance research and learning initiatives. The Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies houses more than 400 Rensselaer researchers in biotechnology, informational technology, and related disciplines who work in functional tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, integrated systems biology, bioinformatics, biocatalysis, and metabolic engineering. The Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) is the among the world's most powerful university-based supercomputer. The CCNI is designed to continue advancing semiconductor technology to the nanoscale, while also enabling key innovations in the fields of computer science, energy, biotechnology, new materials, arts, and medicine. Rensselaer's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMP AC) opened in the fall of 2008, and provides a platform for exploration and learning at the nexus of research, technology, and the performing arts. The building houses a 1,200 seat concert hall, a 400 seat theater, flexible black box studio spaces, and production facilities to support visualization, simulation, and animation studies, as well as classical and experimental performances. To guarantee an optimal living and learning environment, Rensselaer has renovated residence halls and common areas, and created a variety of gathering spaces to promote student collaboration. Opened in 2009, the new East Campus Athletic Village further expands athletic opportunities for all students with a new stadium for football, soccer, and lacrosse, a new arena for basketball and indoor events, along with a fully equipped 4,800 square foot strength and conditioning center, numerous meeting spaces, a new Athletics Hall of Fame, a pro shop and a café.