Rensselaer at Hartford

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Rensselaer at Hartford
Established	1955
Type	Private
President	Shirley Ann Jackson
Provost	Dr. Alan Eckbret[1]
Postgraduates	707 Hartford, 189 Groton
Location	Hartford and Groton, CT, USA
Campus	Urban,14 acres
Website	www.rh.edu

Rensselaer at Hartford is the Hartford, CT branch of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, NY. It was founded in 1955 and was known as the Hartford Graduate Center until 1997. The primary focus of the institution is to offer graduate level education for working professionals. Around 800-900 students attend the school annually at the Hartford center and at the smaller Groton, CT regional distance learning center.

Contents 1 Campus 2 Academics 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Campus

The main Hartford center is has a 14-acre landscaped campus readily accessible from both Interstates 84 and 91. The center of the campus contains the main building, the "Tower Building" which contains about 30 classrooms, each seating 10-50 persons.^[1] Adjacent to the Tower Building is "Seminar Hall", with additional classrooms and a small auditorium. The school has its own library, the Cole Library, but students can request books from Rensselaer's other libraries on the main campus ^[2]. The Groton regional center is smaller, and most students go there for distance learning, although professors often visit. Rensselaer also operates a small site in Malta, New York for nuclear training, at the Navy nuclear sub facility located there.^[3]

[edit] Academics

Rensselaer at Hartford offers graduate programs the Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Computer and Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology. Specialized programs include the Dual Master’s Degrees, the Weekend MBA, the Weekend M.S., and the Executive Master’s Program, as well as several graduate certificates in Bioinformatics, Computer and Information Sciences, and Engineering.^[4]

There are also training programs and workshops for professionals, in the areas of Information Technology, Leadership and Executive Development, Quality, and Technical and Professional Development.

[edit] References

1. ^ The Tower Building
2. ^ The Cole Library
3. ^ The Malta Center
4. ^ Academics

[edit] External links

• Main site
• Celebrating 50 Years at Hartford