Postsecondary Institution
California Institute of Technology
1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125
IDSCU ID: PS-0054Type: UniversityStatus: ActiveData captured: 8 Sept 2026
Overview
California Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit research university in Pasadena, United States, offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Institution information
- Institution type
- University
- Operating status
- Active
- Ownership
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1891
- Founded information
- Founded in 1891 as Throop University and adopted the California Institute of Technology name in 1920.
- Teaching languages
- English
Qualifications & fields
- Primary pathway
- Higher Education
- Education pathways
- Higher Education
- Qualification levels
- Bachelor
- Graduate Certificate
- Master
- Doctorate
- Fields of study
- Engineering and Technology
- Computer Science
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
- Engineering
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Physical Sciences
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
- History
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Delivery modes
- On-campus
- Study loads
- Full-time
- Awarding bodies
- California Institute of Technology
Campuses & admissions
- Address
- 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125
- Latitude
- 34.137349
- Longitude
- -118.125878
- Campuses
- Name: Pasadena location · City: Pasadena · Relationship: Principal institutional location
- Admissions
- Open official page
- Course catalogue
- Open official page
- International admissions
- The official admissions website provides guidance for international applicants.
- Accommodation
- On-campus room and board costs are reported to IPEDS.
- Student support
- Financial aid information
- Disability support services
- Veteran and military student resources
- Counseling services
- Practical learning
- Official programme information includes internships.
Record information
- IDSCU record ID
- PS-0054
- Education sector
- Postsecondary Institution
- Country code
- US
- Data captured
- 8 Sept 2026
- Data release
- 20260908T071051Z
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