Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

$55, 552-$74,047

For the 2023-2024 academic year: The average cost of attendance of an international student (Tuition Cost + Living Expenses) for undergraduate students is approximately $74,047. For graduates the cost of attendance varies from $55, 552- $66,360 depending upon the program.

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), established in 1890, is a high research university and has a 130-year legacy of excellence in academics, research, and innovation. Based in the global metropolis of Chicago, Illinois Tech is the only technology-focused university in the city. It offers degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law. Illinois Tech is more than one of the country’s “most beautiful college campuses” (Forbes). Its main campus, Mies Campus, is considered one of the“200 most important works of architecture in the United States”.
Pride

Points of Pride

  • Illinois Tech is the only tech-focused institution in the Chicago area, offering the best ROI in the state and among the best in the nation. 
  • The Brookings Institutions ranked Illinois Tech No. 1 in the Chicago region for occupational earnings power.
  • Illinois Tech is recognised as one of the 8 best colleges and universities for Indian students in the United States. 
  • Approximately 30-40% of graduate students receive scholarships annually. 
  • The latest PayScale rankings place Illinois Tech #1 in Illinois among best value private colleges (after aid is awarded). 
  • Illinois Tech graduates with a placement rate of 92.5% are employed at Amazon, Tata Consultancy Services, IMB, Deloitte, Google, AON Corporation, Boeing, SAP America, CCC Information Services and many more. 

University Highlights

  • Stuart School of Business is ranked 16th in the U.S. for MS in Management Science program, ranked 22nd in the U.S. for MS in Marketing Analytics program, and ranked 24th in the U.S. for MS in Finance program - by TFE Times (2022)
  • The 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings place Illinois Tech #44 among Best Value Schools

US News & World Report Rankings Undergraduate 

  • #44 in Best Value Schools 
  • #75 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs 
  • #94 in Computer Science 
US News & World Report Rankings Graduate
  • #43 in Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering  
  • #96 in Biomedical Engineering / Bioengineering  
  • #72 in Chemical Engineering  
  • #90 in Civil Engineering  
  • #71 in Computer Engineering  
  • #85 in Electrical / Electronic / Communications Engineering  
  • #86 in Environmental / Environmental Health Engineering  
  • #77 in Materials Engineering  
  • #80 in Mechanical Engineering 
  • #83 in Computer Science 
  • #19 in Rehabilitation Counseling 

Programs

UnderGraduate

  • Aerospace Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Applied Cybersecurity and Information Technology (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Applied Mathematics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Applied Physics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Architectural Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Architecture (B.ARCH.)
  • Artificial Intelligence (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Astrophysics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Behavioral Health and Wellness (B.S.)
  • Bioanalytical Chemistry (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biochemistry (B.S.) - STEM designated
  • Biochemistry (B.S.)/Medicinal Chemistry (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Bioinformatics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biology (B.S.) - STEM designated
  • Biomedical Engineering (B.S.): Cell and Tissue Engineering Track - STEM Designated
  • Biomedical Engineering (B.S.): Medical Imaging Track - STEM Designated
  • Biomedical Engineering (B.S.): Neural Engineering Track - STEM Designated
  • Business Administration (B.S.)
  • Business Administration (B.S.)/Computer Information Systems (B.S.)
  • Business Administration (B.S.)/Information Technology and Management (B.A.C.)
  • Chemical Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Chemistry (B.S.) - STEM designated
  • Civil Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Communication (B.S.)
  • Compare Engineering Management (B.S.)
  • Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computer and Cybersecurity Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computer Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computer Information Systems (B.S.)
  • Computer Science (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Data Science (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Digital Humanities (B.S.)
  • Discover+ (B.S.)
  • Electrical Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Engineering Management (B.S.)
  • Environmental Chemistry (B.S.)
  • Finance (B.S.)
  • Financial Economics (B.S.)
  • Food Science and Nutrition (B.S.)
  • Forensic Chemistry (B.S.)
  • Game Design and Experiential Media (B.S.)
  • Humanities (B.S.)
  • Industrial Technology and Management (B.A.C.)
  • Information Technology and Management (B.A.C.) - STEM Designated
  • Information Technology and Management (B.A.C.)/Communication: Journalism of Technology and Business (B.S.)
  • Information Technology and Management (B.A.C.)/Industrial Technology and Management (B.A.C.)
  • Information Technology and Management: Transfer Program (B.A.C.)
  • Marketing Analytics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Materials Science and Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Medicinal Chemistry (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Physics (B.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Psychological Science (B.S.)
  • Social and Economic Development Policy (B.S.)
  • Statistics (B.S.) - STEM Designated

Graduate

  • Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing Track (M.ENG.)
  • Advanced Manufacturing, Automation and Control Systems Track (M.ENG.)
  • Advanced Manufacturing, Digital Manufacturing Track (M.ENG.)
  • Analytical Chemistry (M.S.)
  • Applied Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics (M.S.)
  • Applied Mathematics (M.A.S.)
  • Applied Mathematics (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Applied Physics (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Architectural Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Architectural Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Architecture (M.ARCH.)
  • Architecture (M.S.ARCH.)
  • Artificial Intelligence (M.A.S.)
  • Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Control (M.ENG.)
  • Autonomous Systems and Robotics (M.S.)
  • Biological Engineering (M.A.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biology (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biology for the Health Professions (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biomedical Data Science and Modeling (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biomedical Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Biomedical Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Biomedical Imaging and Signals (M.A.S.)
  • Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  • Business Analytics (M.B.A.) - STEM Designated
  • Chemical Engineering (M.A.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Chemical Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Chemical Engineering with E3 Specialization (M.A.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Chemistry (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Civil Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computational Decision Science and Operations Research (M.S.)
  • Computational Engineering, Biomedicine Track (M.A.S.)
  • Computational Engineering, Computational Chemical Engineering Track (M.A.S.)
  • Computational Engineering, Computational Mechanics Track (M.A.S.)
  • Computational Engineering, Optimization, Machine Vision, and Decision-Making Track (M.A.S.)
  • Computer Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computer Engineering in Internet of Things (M.A.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Computer Science (M.A.S.)
  • Construction Engineering and Management (M.ENG.)
  • Cyber Forensics and Security (M.A.S.)
  • Cybersecurity (M.A.S.)
  • Cybersecurity Engineering (M.A.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Data Science —Master of Applied Science (M.A.S.)
  • Design (M.Des.)
  • Design (M.Des.)/Public Administration (M.P.A.)
  • Design Methods (M.D.M.)
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.A.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering with E3 Specialization (M.A.S.)
  • Electrical Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Electricity Markets (M.A.S.)
  • Energy Systems, Energy Conservation, and Buildings Track (M.ENG.)
  • Energy Systems, Energy Generation, and Sustainability Track (M.ENG.)
  • Energy Systems, Energy Transmission, and Markets Track (M.ENG.)
  • Engineering Management, Product Design and Development Track (M.A.S.)
  • Engineering Management, Project Management Track (M.A.S.)
  • Environmental Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Environmental Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Environmental Engineering with E3 Specialization (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Environmental Engineering with Specialization in Energy/Environment/Economics (E3) (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Financial Economics (M.S.)
  • Food Process Engineering (M.A.S.)
  • Food Process Engineering (M.S.)
  • Food Safety and Technology (M.A.S.)
  • Food Safety and Technology (M.S.)
  • Global Business and Financial Law (J.D./LL.M.)
  • Global Business and Financial Law (LL.M.)
  • Health Physics (M.A.S.)
  • High Performance Buildings (M.HPB.)
  • Industrial Technology and Operations (M.A.S.)
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology (M.S.)
  • Information Technology and Management (M.A.S.)
  • International Intellectual Property Law (LL.M.)
  • Landscape Architecture + Urbanism (M.L.A.+U.)
  • Law (J.D.)/Business Administration (MBA)
  • Law (J.D.)/Finance (M.S.)
  • Law (J.D.)/Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
  • Law (J.D.)/Sustainability Analytics and Management (M.S.)
  • Law (LL.M.)/Business Administration (MBA)
  • LL.M.
  • Management (M.A.S.)
  • Management Science and Analytics (M.S.)
  • Manufacturing Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Manufacturing Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Manufacturing Engineering, via Internet (M.ENG.)
  • Master of Science in Finance
  • Masters in Clinical Counseling – Master of Science (M.S.)
  • Masters in Computer Science (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Masters in Marketing Analytics (M.S.)
  • Materials Chemistry (M.A.S.)
  • Materials Science and Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Materials Science and Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Materials Science and Engineering with Specialization in Energy/Environment/Economics (E3) (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Materials Science and Engineering with Specialization in Energy/Environment/Economics (E3) (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with Specialization in Energy/Environment/Economics (E3) (M.ENG.)
  • Medical Devices and Biomaterials (M.S.)
  • Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Network Engineering (M.A.S.)
  • Nutrition Science (M.S.)
  • People Analytics (M.S.)
  • Pharmaceutical Engineering (M.A.S.)
  • Physics (M.S.) - STEM designated
  • Power Engineering (M.A.S.)
  • Public Administration (M.P.A.)
  • Public Works (Infrastructure Engineering and Management) (M.P.W.)
  • Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (M.S.)
  • Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling with Advanced Standing (M.S.)
  • Sensor Science and Technology (M.S.) - STEM Designated
  • Software Development (M.A.S)
  • Structural Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Sustainability Analytics and Management (M.S.)
  • Taxation (LL.M.)
  • Technical Communication and Information Architecture (M.S.)
  • Technological Entrepreneurship (M.A.S.)
  • Technological Entrepreneurship (M.S.)
  • Technology and Humanities (M.S.)
  • Telecommunications and Software Engineering (M.A.S.)
  • Transportation Engineering (M.ENG.) - STEM Designated
  • Trial Advocacy for International Students (LL.M.)
  • U.S., International, and Transnational Law (LL.M.)
  • Urban Systems Engineering (M.ENG.)
  • VLSI and Microelectronics (M.A.S.)
  • Wireless Communications and Computer Networks (M.ENG.)
For a complete list of majors please visit the URL:
www.iit.edu/academics/programs

Standardised Tests

Undergraduate

 

Graduate

  • IELTS: 6.5+
  • TOEFL: 90+
  • Duolingo: 110+ 
  • SAT/ACT: Optional 
  • Application Fee: Fee Waiver Available

 
 
  • IELTS: 6.5+
  • TOEFL: 90+
  • Duolingo: 110+ 
  • GRE/GMAT: Optional for major programs 
  • Application Fee: $100 

 

Intakes

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (June).

Accreditation

Illinois Institute of Technology is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. 

Armour College of Engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. 

Stuart School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. 

The College of Computing's Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. 

The College of Computing's Bachelor of Information Technology and Management program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET.