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Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. Neely Nuclear Research Center and the School of Information and Computer Sciences.

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