Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech

The Bloomberg Center, the House, and the Tata Innovation Center
Type	Private Graduate campus
Established	2012 (2012)
Parent institution	Cornell University
Dean	Greg Morrisett[1]
Address	2 West Loop Road , Roosevelt Island, New York City , New York , U.S. 40°45′21″N 73°57′23″W / 40.755811°N 73.956296°W / 40.755811; -73.956296
Campus	Urban
Language	English
Website	tech.cornell.edu

Cornell Tech is a graduate campus and research center of Cornell University on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City. It provides courses in technology, business, and design, and includes the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, a partnership between Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.^[2]

Cornell Tech arose from an economic development initiative of Michael Bloomberg's mayoral administration in 2008. The initiative sought to attract another engineering school to the city in the hope that it would produce entrepreneurial engineers who would in turn start job-creating companies. Seven bids were submitted for the competition, with the administration ultimately selecting Cornell/Technion's bid. As proposed, Cornell Tech would create 28,000 jobs, including 8,000 for academic staff. It would also be able to create 600 companies, leading to $23 billion in economic benefits and an additional $1.4 billion in taxes, during its first three decades of operation.

Cornell Tech began operations in 2012 at a temporary site, the New York City offices of Google at 111 Eighth Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, while the permanent campus was built. The Roosevelt Island campus's 5-acre (2.0 ha) first phase opened on September 13, 2017. By 2037, the full campus is expected to span 12 acres (4.9 ha).