Founded in 1930, Indiana Technical College offered an accelerated engineering degree to provide a pathway for engineering students into the workforce during the Great Depression. Today, we are known as Indiana Tech, a comprehensive university with the core purpose of providing career-focused, professional programs of higher education. What follows are highlights and milestones for each decade.
The university today is organized into five colleges. The university specializes in career-oriented degree programs in business, engineering, computer science, education, criminal justice, and others. In addition to the traditional semester-long class format, Indiana Tech also offers accelerated degree programs and online programs via its College of Professional Studies.
Beyond its main campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech maintains regional classroom and enrollment centers in 13 locations, including Elkhart, Evansville, Fishers, Greenwood, Huntington, Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Kendallville, Mishawaka, Munster, and Warsaw in Indiana; and Louisville and Fort Wright in Kentucky. Indiana Tech also has two enrollment centers in the Chicago area, located in Naperville and Wilmette, Illinois.
Our Mission
Indiana Tech provides learners a professional education; prepares them for active participation, career advancement, and leadership in the global 21st century society; and motivates them toward a life of significance and worth.
Our Just Cause
We seek to empower every person in the world to increase their knowledge, build their skills, reach their fullest potential and positively impact their community.
Our Core Values
Indiana Tech recognizes and adheres to the following core values:
- Respect: Treating all stakeholders fairly and equitably
- Commitment: Affirming an unceasing dedication to educating the whole learner
- Honesty: Demonstrating truthful behavior in an open environment
- Passion: Possessing a burning desire to fulfill our purpose, mission, and vision
- Integrity: Behaving consistently with mission and core values
- Belonging: Welcoming all to our community and encouraging all voices to be heard
The university’s core purpose is to provide career-focused, professional programs of higher education.
US News Ranking
- #108 in Regional Universities Midwest (tie)
- #144 in Top Performers on Social Mobility (tie)
- #153 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (tie)
