“The sort of caliber IIT is providing is a 4.0 graduate student who's published papers on topics like optimization in the electric power industry. My guess is that he might have a few things to teach me about this business.”
Jay Marhoefer, Founder and CEO of Intelligent Generation
Student Work Force
Companies may come to UTP for the Chicago location, the state-of-the-art labs or the business support, but they stay and grow because of the opportunity to hire students from IIT’s highly skilled, motivated and specialized student work force. The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private, Ph.D.-granting university with more than 7,700 students who are focused on science, engineering, business, and the professions. With research programs ranging from computer sciences and software engineering to neural engineering and entrepreneurship, IIT students jump at the chance to get real-world experience, while businesses benefit from their elite training, energy and fresh perspectives. More about IIT.
Grooming Students Who Think Big: The Idea Shop
Every IIT undergraduate student participates in the Idea Shop. Located in the Technology Business Center, the Idea Shop is a hub for generating breakthrough ideas, where multidisciplinary teams of students guide real-world business ideas from concept to launch. The 13,000-square-foot facility includes computer visualization tools, a state-of-the-art rapid prototyping lab, collaborative team areas and formal classroom space.
The Idea Shop welcomes input from businesses leaders at UTP. Entrepreneurs who want to draw from a talented and motivated pool of students in fields such as applied technology, architecture, business, engineering, psychology, the sciences, and humanities can sponsor and work directly with a class, providing students the opportunity to solve real-world problems and transform ideas into businesses, products and patents.
