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<th>Motto
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<td><i>Knowledge and Thoroughness</i><br>(„Wissen und Gründlichkeit“)
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<th>Gründung
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<td>1824
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<th>Trägerschaft
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<td>privat
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<th>Ort
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<td><a href="Troy_(New_York)" title="Troy (New York)">Troy</a>, <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">Vereinigte Staaten</a>
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<th>Präsident
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<td>Martin A. Schmidt<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Studierende
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<td>~ 7.000 <small><i>(2022-2023)</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-students_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-students-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Stiftungsvermögen
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<td>617 Mio. US$ <small><i>(2013)</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Website
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<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rpi.edu">www.rpi.edu</a>
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<p>Das <b>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</b> (RPI) ist eine <a href="Privatuniversit%C3%A4t" title="Privatuniversität">private</a> <a href="Technische_Hochschule" title="Technische Hochschule">technische Hochschule</a> in <a href="Troy_(New_York)" title="Troy (New York)">Troy</a>, <a href="New_York_(Bundesstaat)" title="New York (Bundesstaat)">New York</a> mit zwei weiteren <a href="Campus" title="Campus">Campussen</a> in <a href="Hartford_(Connecticut)" title="Hartford (Connecticut)">Hartford</a> und <a href="Groton_(Connecticut)" title="Groton (Connecticut)">Groton</a> in <a href="Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>. Das RPI ist die älteste technische Hochschule in Nordamerika.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Es wurde am <a href="5._November" title="5. November">5. November</a> <a href="1824" title="1824">1824</a> durch den Wissenschaftler <a href="Amos_Eaton" title="Amos Eaton">Amos Eaton</a> und den Politiker, General und Philanthropen <a href="Stephen_Van_Rensselaer_III." title="Stephen Van Rensselaer III.">Stephen Van Rensselaer III.</a> als Rensselaer School gegründet.
</p><p>Es gibt sechs <a href="Fakult%C3%A4t_(Hochschule)" title="Fakultät (Hochschule)">Fakultäten</a>: Architektur, Ingenieurwissenschaften, die Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften, bildende Künste und Sozialwissenschaften, die Fakultät für <a href="Informationstechnik" title="Informationstechnik">Informationstechnik</a> und <a href="Webwissenschaft" title="Webwissenschaft">Webwissenschaft</a>, die Fakultät für Business und eine Fakultät für interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Im akademischen Jahr 2022–2023 hatte das Institut etwa 7000 Studenten,<sup id="cite_ref-students_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-students-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> die Abschlüsse in 65 Studiengängen machen konnten.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Das Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute gehört laut <i><a href="U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News &amp; World Report">U.S. News &amp; World Report</a></i> zu den besten 50 Universitäten in den Vereinigten Staaten<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und wurde 2006 von <i><a href="Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> als „neues <a href="Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy</a>“ betitelt.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Die <a href="American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers" title="American Society of Civil Engineers">American Society of Civil Engineers</a> nahm das RPI 2010 in die <a href="Liste_der_geschichtlichen_Meilensteine_der_Ingenieurbaukunst" class="mw-redirect" title="Liste der geschichtlichen Meilensteine der Ingenieurbaukunst">List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks</a> auf.
</p><p>Von 1999<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bis 2022 war <a href="Shirley_Ann_Jackson" title="Shirley Ann Jackson">Shirley Ann Jackson</a> die Präsidentin des RPI, bevor sie durch Martin A. Schmidt abgelöst wurde.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div>
<p>Die Sportteams der Universität sind die <i>RPI Engineers</i>. Das Eishockeyteam der Universität nimmt an der <a href="National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/Eishockey" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association/Eishockey">US-amerikanischen Collegemeisterschaft</a> der <a href="National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> teil.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bekannte_Lehrer">Bekannte Lehrer</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Henry_Bradford_Nason" title="Henry Bradford Nason">Henry Bradford Nason</a> (1835–1895), Chemiker und Geologe, Schüler von <a href="Robert_Bunsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bunsen">Robert Bunsen</a> und <a href="Friedrich_W%C3%B6hler" title="Friedrich Wöhler">Friedrich Wöhler</a></li>
<li><a href="Igor_Vamos" class="mw-redirect" title="Igor Vamos">Igor Vamos</a> (* 1968), Professor für <a href="Medienkunst" title="Medienkunst">Medienkunst</a> und Teil der Künstlergruppe <a href="The_Yes_Men" title="The Yes Men">The Yes Men</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bekannte_Studenten">Bekannte Studenten</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Washington_Augustus_Roebling" title="Washington Augustus Roebling">Washington Augustus Roebling</a> (1837–1926), Chefingenieur der <a href="Brooklyn_Bridge" title="Brooklyn Bridge">Brooklyn Bridge</a></li>
<li><a href="Eduard_Pestel" title="Eduard Pestel">Eduard Pestel</a> (1914–1988), deutscher Ingenieur und Politiker</li>
<li><a href="Don_L._Anderson" title="Don L. Anderson">Don L. Anderson</a> (1933–2014), US-amerikanischer Geophysiker</li>
<li><a href="Jeffrey_M._Friedman" title="Jeffrey M. Friedman">Jeffrey M. Friedman</a> (* 1954), US-amerikanischer Molekulargenetiker</li>
<li><a href="Marcian_Edward_Hoff" title="Marcian Edward Hoff">Marcian Edward Hoff</a> (* 1937), Miterfinder des Mikroprozessors</li>
<li><a href="Jon_Hall_(Informatiker)" title="Jon Hall (Informatiker)">Jon Hall</a> (* 1950), Informatiker und Gründer der <a href="Open_Source_Initiative" title="Open Source Initiative">Open Source Initiative</a></li>
<li><a href="Jo%C3%A9_Juneau" title="Joé Juneau">Joé Juneau</a> (* 1968), Eishockeyspieler</li>
<li><a href="Robert_Kennicutt" title="Robert Kennicutt">Robert Kennicutt</a> (* 1951), Astronom</li>
<li><a href="Hani_al-Mulki" title="Hani al-Mulki">Hani al-Mulki</a> (* 1951), jordanischer Ministerpräsident</li>
<li><a href="Mathias_Lange" title="Mathias Lange">Mathias Lange</a> (* 1985), Eishockeytorhüter</li>
<li><a href="Adam_Oates" title="Adam Oates">Adam Oates</a> (* 1962), Eishockeyspieler und -trainer</li>
<li><a href="Brad_Tapper" title="Brad Tapper">Brad Tapper</a> (* 1978), Eishockeyspieler und -trainer</li>
<li><a href="Ray_Tomlinson" title="Ray Tomlinson">Ray Tomlinson</a> (1941–2016), Erfinder der E-Mail</li>
<li><a href="Matt_Patricia" title="Matt Patricia">Matt Patricia</a> (* 1974), Footballtrainer</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Siehe_auch">Siehe auch</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="MilkyWay%40home" title="MilkyWay@home">MilkyWay@home</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rpi.edu/">Homepage des Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://president.rpi.edu/">19th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Martin A. Schmidt</a> Auf: <i>Rpi.edu</i>, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2024. (englisch)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-students-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-students_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-students_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://president.rpi.edu/">Quick Facts</a> Auf: <i>Rpi.edu</i>, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2024. (englisch)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r261891140">
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=GL5ke9BNA_oC&amp;pg=PA1286"><i>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</i></a>. In: <i>Complete book of colleges</i>. Princeton Review Publications, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-375-76482-0, S. 1286.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rpi.edu/academics/index.html"><i>Rensselaer – Academics</i></a>. Auf: <i>Rpi.edu</i>, abgerufen am 5. März 2014.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140305214952/http://www.rpi.edu/academics/catalog/RPICatalog13-14.pdf"><i>Rensselaer Catalog 2013–2014: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Programs</i></a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 5. März 2014 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2013. Die möglichen akademischen Abschlüsse sind <a href="Bachelor_of_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a>, <a href="Master_of_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Science">M.S.</a>, <a href="Master_of_Architecture" title="Master of Architecture">M.Arch.</a>, <a href="Master_of_Engineering" title="Master of Engineering">M.Eng.</a>, <a href="Master_of_Fine_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Fine Arts">M.F.A.</a>, <a href="Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">M.B.A.</a>, <a href="Dr.-Ing." class="mw-redirect" title="Dr.-Ing.">D.Eng.</a> und <a href="Ph.D." title="Ph.D.">Ph.D.</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute-194824/overall-rankings"><i>U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</i></a>. In: <i>U.S. News &amp; World Report</i>, abgerufen am 6. März 2014.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/americas-25-new-elite-ivies-108771?piano_t=1">America's 25 New Elite 'Ivies'</a></i>. In: <i>Newsweek</i>, 20. August 2006.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rpi.edu/president/profile.html"><i>Profile of Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.</i></a> Auf: <i>Rpi.edu</i>, abgerufen am 5. März 2014. (englisch)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://president.rpi.edu/about-martin-schmidt"><i>Martin A. Schmidt '81, Ph.D. </i></a> Auf: <i>Rpi.edu</i>, abgerufen am 6. Februar 2024. (englisch)</span>
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