The IT program is designed for technically focused students with substantial technical aptitude, but whose interests go beyond the computing.

It is the integration of a traditional education with an innovative focus on information technology and its impact on the world. More specifically, IT at Rensselaer presents a unique opportunity for students to combine a mastery of information age technologies with an academic discipline of their choice.

Information Technology (IT) degrees available at Rensselaer include the Bachelor of Science and the Master of Science. Opportunities for Ph.D. level work in IT are also available. Those holding these degrees are in great demand and command some of the highest starting salaries and bonuses in any profession.

Rensselaer’s IT degree programs are designed for students with an interest in computers that they wish to apply to other disciplines.

Recognizing that Information Technology is the "enabler of the Information Age," Rensselaer has made IT one of its top academic priorities. The Institute has developed a highly interdisciplinary program that emphasizes IT’s application to nearly every field from science and engineering to management to humanities and social sciences.

Rensselaer’s undergraduate and graduate IT degree programs consist of two components. The first is a set of core courses that focus on the effective use of computers to solve problems. The second is the concentration area in which students employ their technical expertise to a problem domain or discipline of their choice.

Each of Rensselaer’s five schools offers concentration area options to IT students. The IT curriculum draws it coursework from each of these academic schools.

Many Rensselaer faculty members representing a wide variety of the disciplines taught at the Institute contribute to this program, thereby providing students with a broad range of perspectives on IT and the breadth of its impact on the world.

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