Pittsburgh Technical College

Pittsburgh Technical College
Location
United States
Information
Type Non-profit
Established 1946
President

Eileen Steffan

(interim president)
Principal George Pry and Melissa Wertz
Number of students 1,700[1]
Accreditation Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Website www.ptcollege.edu

Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC), formerly Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PTI), is a regionally accredited, non-profit college located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, offering associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and short-term certificate programs.

PTC is located in western Pennsylvania: 180-acre (0.73 km2) North Fayette Campus in Oakdale, which first opened in July 2000. The institution opened in 1946 as a single-discipline career training school. It has since expanded course offerings through its School of Trades and Technology, School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts, School of Building Technology, School of Business, School of Nursing, School of Criminal Justice, School of Design, School of Healthcare, School of Energy and Electronics Technology, and School of Information Technology. [1]

Most of the institution's educational programs include an in-field industry internship.

On June 28, 2016, President Greg DeFeo announced the change of the school's name from Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PTI) to Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC). According to Mr. DeFeo, "Our new name better reflects the breadth and depth of our academic programming, institutional resources, and student life."[2]

Housing

Nearly 40 percent of the student population live in school-sponsored housing, which is offered at complexes in neighborhoods surrounding the North Fayette Campus and co-ordinated by the institution's Housing Department. Beginning around the start of the summer 2008 quarter, PTC began construction for on-campus housing next to its campus in Oakdale. Since July 10, 2009, the only student housing options are Hawthorne, on-campus housing and Westpointe. The project was completed in time for the summer 2009 quarter.[3] The project has three buildings, four floors to a building and four rooms to an apartment. This is phase one of the housing project.

Student activities

Its Student Activities Department plans a calendar of student activities and community service projects.[4]

PTC is the first 2-year career school in Western Pennsylvania accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The institution received its initial grant of accreditation in 2002. In July 2017, the Middle States Commission reaffirmed PTC's accreditation.[5]

Honor societies

References

  1. 1 2 "About Pittsburgh Technical College - Two and Four-Year Degrees in PA -". www.ptcollege.edu. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "We Are Now Pittsburgh Technical College". Pittsburgh Technical College. June 27, 2016.
    - "Pittsburgh Technical Institute unveils new name and look, adds bachelor's degrees". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Campus Housing - PTI.edu - Pittsburgh Technical College - Two Year Degrees - PTCOLLEGE.edu". ptcollege.edu.
  4. ↑ Pittsburgh Technical College web site PTC Events
    - Pittsburgh Technical College web site Campus Life
  5. ↑ Middle States Commission on Higher Education - Institution Directory: Pittsburgh Technical College. Retrieved 16 July 2017


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