New York University Tandon School of Engineering is an institution of higher learning in New York state specializing in science, engineering, and technology. Its main campus is the MetroTech Center in the Brooklyn section of New York City. The MetroTech is one of the largest urban university-corporate parks in the world. The school also has graduate centers in Long Island, Westchester, and Manhattan.
The institution was established in 1854 as Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, a preparatory school and junior college. It became a four-year college in 1869. The college’s name was changed to Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1889. In 1973, the institute merged with New York University (NYU) School of Engineering and Science and changed its name to Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. In this merger, NYU’s engineering department was disbanded and merged into Polytechnic’s departments.
Polytechnic changed its name again in 1983 to Polytechnic University. The institution became affiliated with New York University in 2008 and became the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. In 2014, Polytechnic merged with New York University and became the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. The following year, the school became the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Distinguished graduates include Gertrude B. Elion, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Martin L. Perl, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics.
The university’s website at https://engineering.nyu.edu/ offers additional information.
