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One of the famous engineering institutes in the world, the Georgia Institute of Technology is more commonly referred to as Georgia Tech. It was established in 1885. It has six colleges and 31 departments with science and technology being its main focus.
Jimmy Carter, former US president and a Nobel laureate at studied at Georgia Tech. Apart from him, there are many great personalities who have studied at Georgia Tech are Mike Duke, the CEO of WalMart, Nobel laureate Kary Mullis, astronaut William S. McArthur, Richard H. Truly, former head of NASA and many others.