The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) is a private research institution of higher learning in Pasadena, California, founded in 1891.
Caltech (Pasadena) was founded on the idea of spreading human knowledge and culture for the benefit of society through research and teaching.
The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) focuses on natural science and engineering research, and is recognized as the nation’s no. 1 in the fields of physics, planetary science, and earth science.
The college is committed to exploring the most challenging and fundamental issues in the field of science and technology through the systematic learning of the subject knowledge and the interdisciplinary research mode and atmosphere. Meanwhile, it also educates and trains outstanding students to become innovative talents in the society.
The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) also operates and manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, through which NASA research centers monitor the design and operation of many unmanned space exploration experiments.
Caltech is small, with about 2,100 students (900 undergraduates and 1,200 graduate students), but it is in the top 10 in many global rankings, such as citation indexes, Nobel Prizes and general university rankings.
In US News & World Report’s 2009 ranking of American universities, harvard, Princeton, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford ranked sixth.