Worcester Polytechnic Institute

About

Founded in 1865 in Worcester Mass Worcester PolytechnicInstitute is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Today WPI is a midsize research university centered on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with strong academic programs in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and business. 

The university‚ 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, leading to the BA, BS, MS, MEng, MBA, and Ph.D. 

The recently completed Foisie Innovation Studio offers makerspaces, rapid prototyping labs, active learning classrooms, and space where faculty and students can create, collaborate, and build on ideas.

 It is the tangible home for WPI‚ signature project-based approach. Quirkytraditions, like the annual Pi Day festivities or celebrating the birthday of the mascot, Gompei the goat, foster a sense of community. WPI's 35,000+ alumni, located throughout the U.S.