Georgia Institute of Technology (Gatech or GT for short), founded in 1885, is located in Atlanta, the largest city in the southeastern United States, and is a world-renowned top research university. Georgia Institute of Technology is a member school of association of american universities, the top university alliance in North America, and one of the public Ivy League schools. In the comprehensive ranking of universities published by US News and World Report 20 17, it ranked 34th, 7th in public universities and 4th in American Institute of Engineering. In the ranking of world universities published by Times Higher Education in 20 17, it ranks 33rd in the world, 5th in computer science and 3rd in engineering technology.

Georgia Institute of Technology enjoys a top academic reputation in the world, and its representative discipline is engineering. This university is one of the best universities of science and engineering in the United States, and ranks as the "three major institutes of technology" together with MIT and California Institute of Technology. The Aerospace System Design Laboratory (ASDL) under Georgia Tech undertakes important scientific research projects that are kept secret by the U.S. government, such as helping aviation manufacturing companies overcome the technical difficulties in designing advanced commercial aircraft, making detailed budgets for landing on the moon and Mars for the U.S. Congress, and developing the most advanced fighters for the U.S. Air Force.

In addition to the main campus in Atlanta, the school also opened branches in Chawanat, Georgia, and Metz, the capital of Lorraine, France.