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1. Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, U.S.A.www.iit.edu Presented by: Dr. Vanita Misquita Ph.D. Director of Overseas Programs iitparis@aol.com misquita@iit.edu http://iitparis.free.fr

2. http://www.ensea.fr/en/page/fame-program Welcome to the 21st Century IIT.

3. World’s most beautiful American college campuses According to FORBES MAGAZINE “….. the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. But admirers of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the master of international modern architecture, pointed to this school’s cluster of steel-and-glass buildings, including S.R. Crown Hall, Alumni Hall and the Chapel, as the epitome of beauty and order. Furthermore, great modern architects, such as Rem Koolhaas, continue to be admired and included in the growth of the campus. In other words, the school exhibits an independent and longterm vision for the look of its Campus”. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ekkf45i/illinois-institute-of-technology-chicago-ill

4. Why Study in the U.S. • Different cultural experience • Opportunity to work and understand the American workplace • Opportunity to obtain an American degree that has worldwide recognition • Opportunity to gain competency and proficiency in the American language • Marketability

5. American System of Education • Undergraduate, Graduate • Academic Calendar • Credit hour(s) • Grading System • GPA –Grade Point Average

6. What is a credit hour? 1 credit hour equals 1 hour of lecture ° A graduate level course at IIT is usually 3 credit hours ° So, a 3 credit course at IIT means that the course is offered three times per week or once a week for (3 c.h. x 1 hour) 3 hours

7. Our Location IIT: Illinois Institute of Technology Location: Chicago, Illinois

8. CHICAGO

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10. Chicago • Third largest city in the U.S. (8.55 million) • 25 miles of lakefront, 15 miles of bathing beaches • 552 parks, 46 museums, more than 200 art galleries, approx. 7,000 restaurants, • 200+ theaters, 15 T.V. stations, 100 radio stations, • 13 daily newspapers

11. Facts about Chicago Third largest city in the U.S. (8 million) 25 miles of lakefront 15 miles of bathing beaches 552 parks 46 museums 200+ art galleries 7,000 restaurants 200+ theaters, 15 T.V. stations, 100 radio stations, 13 daily newspapers

12. FACTS ABOUT CHICAGO #1 in the U.S. high tech especially nano technology #1 in the U.S. in manufacturing #1 business travel destination in the U.S. Center of the U.S. interstate highway system

13. Why Study at IIT • Reputable university – College of Distinction • Small class size & easy access to professors • Cutting-edge research • University-wide focus on sustainability and renewable energies covering all disciplines • Location

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16. Path-breaking Intellectual Tradition Susan Solomon National Medal of Science Laszlo Moholoy-Nagy The New Bauhaus Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Chicago School Architecture Marvin Camrrasas National Medal of Technology Magnetic Recording S.I. Hayakawa Semanticist &M Het Transfer

17. Intellectual Leadership includes Nobel Laureates (L-R: Herbert Simon (Economics): Jack Steinberger (Physics): Leon Lederman ( Physics): Herbert Simon Nobel Prize Economics Jack Steinberger Nobel Prize Physics

18. National Medal of Science & Nobel Peace Prize Susan Solomon Stemgrimur Hermannsson Former Prime Minister of Iceland Sam Pitroda Adviser to Prime Minister India Former President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus Father of Cell Phone Martin Cooper SR Cho, Chairman Hyosung Group IIT graduates become leaders.

19. Motto of IIT

20. Magnetic tape data storage

21. Marvin Camras IIT B.S. EE 1940; M.S. EE 1942Inventor - Magnetic Tape Born in Chicago in 1916, Camras was known to his family as an "inventor" by the age of five In the late 1930s, Camras was studying electrical engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology (now the Illinois Institute of Technology). Camras spent a fifty-year career at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he taught until 1994.  By the time of his death in 1995, he had earned over 500 US and international patents for his work. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1985, and in 1990 he won the National Medal of Technology.

22. Ed Kaplan (Alumnus of IIT)(B.S. ME 1965) Inventor – Bar Code • CEO and Chairman, Zebra Technologies • Ed Kaplan, one of Chicago's most successful technology entrepreneurs, studied at IIT, where he graduated with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering • At 26 years old, Kaplan he invented the Bar Code and co-founded cutting edge Zebra Technologies, the bar-coding company

23. Marty Cooper ( Ancien élève d’ IIT(B.S. EE 1950; M.S. EE 1957)Inventor – Cell Phone 1st Cell Phone – 1973 (« The Brick ») –weighed 2.5 pounds!! Named one of the best inventors of all time for his work on the first personal cell phone in the "Best Inventions of the Year" article in the October 30 Time Magazine 2007 2nd invention – A new wireless Internet system callediBURST that puts high-speed data transmission at your fingertips!!

24. About IIT • 1890 founded as Armour Institute • Ranks among the top 100 ranked colleges & universities in the U.S. • Member of the elite Association of Independent Technological Universities (aitu.org) • Architectural landmark campus & located in the city of Chicago • Listed as a ‘College of Distinction’ • Inventors of the cell phone, surgical stapler, magnetic tape, first radio telescope…

25. Illinois Institute of Technology Association of Independent Technological Universities ( AITU) (17 members) I.I.T. Carnegie-Mellon CalTech M.I.T. M.S.E. R.I.T….

26. Research Facilities at IIT • IIT University Technology Park comprising 32 research centers, incubators • 2 partially federally funded research centers – NCFST (National Center for Food Safety & Technology) and IITRI (IIT Research Institute) • Close collaborative research with Argonne National Lab ( US Federal Lab) and Fermi Lab ( 2nd largest lab for particle physics in the world)

27. “Illinois Institute of Technology Leads Statewide Initiative to Create Jobs and National Hub for Smart Grid” • Chicago, Sep. 10, 2009 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announced today a $120 million for the Perfect Grid from DOE ( US Dept of Energy)

28. IIT’s Perfect Power Systemhttp://www.iit.edu/perfect_power/ • IIT will become the flagship Perfect Power System in the U.S. which will confront & model a solution to the global energy crisis • Established in conjunction with the Galvin Electricity Initiative, Dept of Energy & IIT

29. What will be IIT’s Perfect Power System? • Smart grid & technology-ready infrastructure • Self-sustaining electricity infrastructure • Intelligent distribution system & system controllers • Onsite electricity production • Demand-response capability • Sustainable energy systems & green buildings/complexes

31. “Toyota USA Foundation Awards $500,000 to IIT Academy for Future Leaders in Science and Technology” • “IIT's Tech Park Forms Partnership with French Organizations to Support International Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology” • “…in establishing the world’s first International Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Hub at IIT in Chicago with its counterpart in France. “

32. “ All Cell Technologies…and its CEO, Said Al-Hallaj was named a laureate of the French Young Entrepreneur’s Initiative program” • “Illinois Institute of Technology to Lead Wind Energy Research Consortium” • “ U.S. Department of Energy Invests Up to $8 Million for University-Led Effort to Improve Wind Generation”

33. « Success Story » Julien Branlard begins work at Fermilab today as the first John Bardeen Engineering Fellow. A recent graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Julien Branlard isthe first recipient of the John Bardeen Engineering Fellowship. "Julien will make an outstanding addition to Fermilab," said Ralph Pasquinelli, Accelerator Division RF Department Head and the inspiration behind the fellowship. "He's an articulate, talented team player who will hit the ground running with his outstanding engineering skills." Branlard began his studies in France and transferred to the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2000. After graduating with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering last December, he began looking for a way to continue his work in the United States. Fermilab Today 2005

34. About IIT • 1890 founded as Armour Institute • Ranks among the top 100 ranked colleges & universities in the U.S. • Member of the elite Association of Independent Technological Universities (aitu.org) • Architectural landmark campus & located in the city of Chicago • Listed as a ‘College of Distinction’ • Inventors of the cell phone, surgical stapler, magnetic tape, first radio telescope…

35. Research Facilities at IIT • IIT University Technology Park comprising 32 research centers, incubators • 1 partially federally funded research centers – NCFST (National Center for Food Safety & Technology) • Close collaborative research with Argonne National Lab ( US Federal Lab) and Fermi Lab ( 2nd largest lab for particle physics in the world)

36. Illinois Institute of Technology Association of Independent Technological Universities (www.aitu.org) I.I.T. Carnegie-Mellon CalTech M.I.T. M.S.E. R.I.T….

37. About IIT • Doctoral degree-granting university • Research intensive • 98% of full-time faculty with doctoral degrees or other terminal degrees • Class size – 85% of classes have fewer than 40 students; 26% of classes have fewer than 10 students • Highly selective • No student teaching assistants teach at the undergraduate level

38. Industrial Partners Boeing IBM Coca-Cola AT&T Dell Computer Corp. McDonald’s Energy Power Marketing Corporation TelLabs Microsoft Motorola Nec Technologies Lucent Technologies Samsung Telecom General Motors Western Electric CTA Xerox ……..

39. 8 Colleges/Centers/institutes à I.I.T. • Armour College of Engineering and Science • College of Architecture • Institute of Psychology • Stuart School of Business • Chicago-Kent College of Law • Institute of Design • Center for Professional Development • College of Science & Letters

40. 2009 Fall Total Enrollment: 7,707 Our students come from more than 90 countries.

41. . Some Research Strengths • Energy , Sustainability and Power • Food safety and technology • Accelerator and particle physics • Fluid dynamics • Human-centered design • High Performance Computing • Medical Imaging

42. Partners SPAIN: ° Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM – ETSIT, ETSII, ETSIA, ETSICCP, FI, ETSAM) ° Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC – ETSETB, ETSEIB, ETSAB, ETSCCPB, ETSEIAT) ° Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV – ETSA, ETSII, ETSIT) ° Universidad de Seville ° Universidad de Navarre, (Tecnun) ° EHU Bilbao –Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV)

43. Partners France : °ENSEA, Paris-Cergy °Grenoble INP °INSA, Strasbourg, °INSA, Lyon °ESIEA, Paris/Ivry °ENAC, Toulouse °ENSMA, Poitiers °ENSEIRB, Bordeaux °ENSIETA, Brest °ESIGELEC, Rouen ° UTBM ° ESEO, Angers ° EISTI, Paris-Cergy

44. Partners GERMANY: ° Technische Universität, München ° Technische Universität, Berlin ° Technische Universität, Freiberg ° Bauhaus Universität Weimar

45. Partners Austria: Technische Universität Wien Sweden: Kungl Tekniska Hogskolan - KTH Chalmers University of Technology Mexico: Instituto Technologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

46. Academic Calendar Two semesters per academic year (9 months) Fall Semester Mid-August – Mid-December Spring Semester Mid-January – Mid-May http://www.iit.edu/registrar/important_dates/academic_calendar.shtml

47. Program Options Graduate level • I. Double degree Master’s program in 1 year • II. Research ( Proyectos Fin de Carreras) for a period of 6 months or upto 1 year maximum

48. Graduate – Fields of study Engineering – Chemical, Environmental, Biological, Food Process, Civil, Architectural, Electrical & Computer, Mechanical & Aerospace, Materials & Metallurgical, Biomedical Sciences - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Applied Physics, Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics Other fields – Psychology, Architecture, Business, Computer Science, Applied Math, Information Technology Management, Industrial Technology & Operations

49. New Program – Applied Physics • IIT is now offering a new Master’s program in Applied Physics for those with a background in Engineering

50. IIT’S MS FINANCE PROGRAM RANKED AMONG THE TOP GLOBAL PROGRAMS http://www.iit.edu/departments/pr/mediaroom/article_viewer_db.php?articleID=435 IIT Stuart's Master of Science in Finance degree program is ranked: ° 20th globally ° 3rd in the United States ° Stuart finance graduates ranked 5th for "career status" three years after graduation (Financial Times, June 2011)