Established in 1988, the Severino Center for Technological E*ntrepreneurship lies at the core of the school's mission to educate future entrepreneurs who will guide their organizations in the conversion of technical ideas into new businesses, products, services, and solutions. The Severino Center is a key part of the overall E*ntrepreneurship Program (the Vice Provost for E*ntrepreneurship Chairs the Severino Committee). Through outreach programs, education, collaborative research, and publications, the SCTE responds to the call of the new economy by helping to support the work of aspiring entrepreneurs-many of who will become the business leaders of the 21st century.

Architecture at Rensselaer is led by a strong faculty of 18 professors and clinical professors. Adjunct faculty are drawn from New York City, Boston, Montreal, and beyond and number about 25 each semester. The school is supported by 5 full time staff positions with varying responsibilities including systems administration, contract writing, purchasing, scheduling, etc. Our student body consists of 265 undergraduates and 55 graduate students from throughout the United States and around the world-Turkey, France, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Argentina, China, and India just to name a few. You'll know where we are on campus because our lights are always on.

Renowned for innovation in education, Rensselaer 's unique undergraduate program provides a solid base for graduate programs. The studio classrooms prove interactive workstations for computer-aided design and a host of other applications. The program is designed to allow taking courses overseas for credit, and receiving practical training in another country, if desired. The School offers 20 graduate degrees.

The School of Humanities & Social Sciences is a place where undergraduate and graduate students encounter one of the unique opportunities in contemporary higher education today. The students learn to understand and use the disciplines associated with new information technologies in concert with those of the rich, ever evolving academic traditions of the liberal arts and sciences. In just the past few years, the school have increased its full time faculty in all five of departments, and dramatically increased the sponsored research activity.

Electronic Media, Art and Communication (EMAC) program remains among the highest rated in the country. Product Design and Innovation (PDI) is another, new undergraduate major in an interdisciplinary program, one that involves three Rensselaer Schools - Architecture, Engineering, and H&SS. The School launched two new research centers, The Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, and the Center for Cultural Design, as well as a major social science research facility which is 8500 square foot Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory.

The School of Science faculty consists of some of the world's most highly educated and accomplished scientists. Included among them are a Nobel laureate and three National Academy members. The hands-on learning atmosphere in the School of Science demands small class sizes. Students get frequent one-to-one attention from professors. The Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies ranks among the world's most advanced research facilities focused on the application of engineering and the physical and information sciences to the life sciences.

The four labs at the Center for Terahertz Research provide sophisticated facilities for generating, measuring and recording picosecond and femtosecond T-ray signals. The Institute's state-of-the-art computational and laboratory equipment enables the students to carry out their research in the best possible manner.