About 2,500 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs in technology, professional studies, and the liberal arts on the SUNYIT campus – the newest in the State University of New York system – a high-tech learning environment on more than 800 acres in Marcy, N.Y., minutes from NYS Thruway Exit 31, Utica. SUNYIT students come from all over New York, many other states, and more than 20 other nations; a growing number of students also take SUNYIT courses and, in some cases, entire degree programs online.
Established by the SUNY Board of Trustees on June 14, 1966, the State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) is the State University’s only institute of technology. Originally a graduate and upper-division institution, the college offered classes in temporary locations and at extension sites for several years until the first buildings were constructed on the permanent campus in the 1980s.
SUNYIT’s undergraduate degree majors/programs include: accounting, applied mathematics, applied mathematics/electrical engineering, business, civil engineering technology, communication & information design, computer engineering technology, computer & information science, computer information systems, electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, finance, general studies, health information management, health services management, industrial engineering technology, mechanical engineering technology, nursing, psychology, sociology, and telecommunications.
Graduate degree programs are: the MBA in technology management; master of science degree programs in accountancy, advanced technology, applied sociology, computer & information science, health services administration, information design and technology, and telecommunications; and master of science programs in nursing: adult nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, gerontological nurse practitioner, nursing administration, and nursing education. Accelerated BS/MS options are available in computer science, nursing, and telecommunications.
Apart from their excellent academic experience, SUNYIT students enjoy campus life in highly rated residence halls. The campus’s two residential complexes – Mohawk and Adirondack Halls – offer the privacy and convenience of apartments, with students sharing suites in townhouse-style buildings. Students themselves have rated their residential experience highly in the last two SUNY student opinion surveys. SUNYIT’s NCAA Division III athletics (men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming, and volleyball; men’s baseball and golf; and women’s bowling and softball) and intramurals are complemented by entertainment, activities and community-building experiences that support and sustain a unique campus culture.
Through internships and close cooperation with employers, SUNYIT has extraordinarily high placement rates. More than 22,000 alumni pursue successful careers in communication, computer science, management, nursing, and many other fields.
National Information Technology Apprenticeship System (NITAS)
- Competency-based IT skills assessment system; national pilot program
- Partnership potential for interns, incumbent workers to expand NITAS model into chip fabrication
- Successful initial deployment: 45 internship placements in 20 area industries
- Planned expansion into K-12
Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC)
- DoD-chartered “Center of Excellence” in reliability, maintainability, quality, supportability, and interoperability
- Partners: SUNYIT, Wyle Laboratories, QuanterionSolutions, University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania
- Wide range of products and services available for AMD employees
New York Nano-Bio-Molecular Information Technology Incubator (NYNBIT)
- Established with FY 2005-06 federal funding
- Research partners: SUNYIT, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Oneonta, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York University, and Cornell University
- The goal is to create a new industrial base in New York State in a unique technology