CUNY New York City College of Technology

New York City College of Technology (NYCCT), called New York City Technical College prior to 2002 and nicknamed City Tech, is the largest four-year public college of technology in the northeastern United States, and one of four colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system to grant within the same institution both associate's and bachelor's degrees (The others are the College of Staten Island, Medgar Evers College, and John Jay College). Located in the Borough of Brooklyn, City Tech boasts an enrollment of over 13,500 students in 45 vocational programs including several engineering technology fields as well as construction, nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, and technology teacher training and paralegal training, including specialized certification programs, two-year technical programs, and four-year baccalaureate programs. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves over 15,000 students each year. City Tech is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. For five consecutive years, USNews & World Report has labeled City Tech as the most diverse college of its type in the Northeast.

History

City Tech is one of the oldest institutions in the CUNY system, indirectly tracing its history to 1881 when Voorhees Technical Institute was founded in Manhattan.

• 1881 - The Technical Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is renamed the New York Trade School to more precisely reflect its curriculum (after the art education program is moved to a separate school).
• 1892 - Financier J. Pierpont Morgan sizably endows the New York Trade School. Over the next 60 years it gains a reputation as the nation’s leading trade school for American young men and the model upon which other trade schools are founded.
• 1946 - The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences is founded in response to the needs of business, industry and the professions for highly trained technicians and other specialists for the post-war economy.
• 1953 - The institute is renamed New York City Community College, becoming the city’s first community college.
• 1961 - The New York Trade School’s charter is amended, making it a “technical institute.” It is renamed Voorhees Technical Institute in honor of Enders M. Voorhees, a prominent industrialist and chairman of its board of trustees. Its charter now allows the school to grant associate in applied science degrees and to operate as a two-year college.
• 1964 - New York City Community College is made part of The City University of New York (CUNY).
• 1965 - Voorhees Technical Institute first begins accepting female students.
• 1971 - Voorhees Technical Institute is incorporated into New York City Community College.
• 1980 - New York City Community College is designated “a technical institute within the CUNY system" and is renamed New York City Technical College (City Tech). It offers 27 career programs.
• 1983 - New York City Technical College is authorized to grant its first baccalaureate degree in hotel and restaurant management.
• 1996 - City Tech's Graphic Arts Department merges with its Art and Advertising Design Department to form a new Department of Advertising Design and Graphic Arts (ADGA).
• 2002 - New York City Technical College is renamed New York City College of Technology, offering 50 career-specific baccalaureate, associate and specialized certificate programs in the technologies of art and design, business, computer systems, engineering, entertainment, health care, hospitality, human services, the law-related professions, career and technology teacher education, and the liberal arts and sciences.

New York City College of Technology (NYCCT), called New York City Technical College prior to 2002 and nicknamed City Tech, is the largest four-year public college of technology in the northeastern United States, and one of four colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system to grant within the same institution both associate's and bachelor's degrees (The others are the College of Staten Island, Medgar Evers College, and John Jay College). Located in the Borough of Brooklyn, City Tech boasts an enrollment of over 13,500 students in 45 vocational programs including several engineering technology fields as well as construction, nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, and technology teacher training and paralegal training, including specialized certification programs, two-year technical programs, and four-year baccalaureate programs. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves over 15,000 students each year. City Tech is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. For five consecutive years, USNews & World Report has labeled City Tech as the most diverse college of its type in the Northeast.