Wentworth Institute of Technology is a private university in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1904 as Wentworth Institute, funded by Arioch Wentworth's estate, whose charter described a school to furnish education in the mechanical arts; it opened in 1911 as a technical school with 242 students. It began granting degrees in 1957, offered its first bachelor's degrees in 1970, admitted its first women in 1972, took its current name in 1977 and gained university status in 2017. The 31-acre urban campus has 15 buildings plus seven residence halls and belongs to the Colleges of the Fenway consortium. As of January 2024 it offered 22 bachelor's degrees in engineering, technology, design and management and 11 master's degrees. Zorica Pantic, president from 2005 to 2019, was the first female engineer to head a US institute of technology. The Leopards compete in NCAA Division III.
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550 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States, Massachusetts
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