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Wentworth Institute of Technology

{{Short description|Private university in Boston, Massachusetts, US}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

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{{Infobox university

| name = Wentworth Institute of Technology

| former_names = Wentworth Institute (1904–1977)

| image = Wentworth institute seal.png

| image_size = 150

| motto = Education that's worth it. Wentworth.{{Cite web|url=https://wit.edu/|title=Wentworth: Technology-focused University in Boston, MA | Wentworth|website=wit.edu}}

| type = Private university

| top_free_label = Founded

| top_free = {{Start date and age|1904|04|05}}

| top_free_label2 = Opened

| top_free2 = {{Start date and age|1911|09|25}}

| endowment = $116.6 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}

| president = Mark A. Thompson{{cite web|url=https://wit.edu/presidential-search/facts-figures |title=Facts & Figures |access-date=2019-01-03 }}

| provost = Sophia Maggelakis{{Cite web|url=https://wit.edu/news/sophia-maggelakis-named-new-provost-wentworth|title=Sophia Maggelakis Named New Provost at Wentworth | Wentworth|website=wit.edu}}

| students = 3,920{{cite web | title = College Navigator - Wentworth Institute of Technology | language = en | access-date = 2024-07-24 | publisher = National Center for Education Statistics | url = https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MA&id=168227}} (fall 2022)

| undergrad = 4,576{{cite web|url=http://www.wit.edu/about/facts.html |title=About Wentworth | Wentworth Institute of Technology |website=Wit.edu |access-date=2016-10-28}}

| postgrad =

| city = Boston

| state = Massachusetts

| country = United States

| campus = Urban, {{convert|31|acre|ha}}

| free_label = Athletics

| free = NCAA Division III
17 varsity teams{{cite web |url=http://www.wit.edu/about/points_of_pride.html |title=Wentworth Institute of Technology: About Us |access-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001024622/http://www.wit.edu/about/points_of_pride.html |archive-date=2009-10-01 }}

| sporting_affiliations = {{hlist| NCAA Division III - CCC|NEISA}}

| mascot = Leopard{{cite web |url=http://www.wit.edu/athletics/wit_athletics/general_information.html |title=Wentworth Institute of Technology: Athletics > General Information |access-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211141339/http://www.wit.edu/athletics/wit_athletics/general_information.html |archive-date=2010-02-11 }}

| website = {{url|https://wit.edu/|wit.edu}}

| postgrad_label =

| faculty = 134

| colors = Wentworth Gold and Rich Black and Bright Red{{cite web|url=https://wit.edu/about/marketing/branding-guidelines#brand |title=Wentworth Branding Guidelines|website=Wit.edu |access-date=2024-03-06}}
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| affiliations = AICUM
Colleges of the Fenway
NAAB

| logo = Wentworth institute logo.png

| logo_size = 250

}}

Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. Wentworth was founded in 1904 and offers career-focused education through 22 bachelor's degree programs as well as 11 master's degrees.{{Cite web |title=Programs of Study {{!}} Wentworth |url=https://wit.edu/learning/degree-finder?search=&program_type=undergraduate&location=All |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=wit.edu}}

History

In 1903, Boston businessman Arioch Wentworth donated the majority of his estate, estimated at $7 million, to found an industrial school within Boston.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D02E5DE1339E333A25750C2A9659C946297D6CF|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Millions To Found School|date=March 23, 1903|access-date=2016-10-28}} A board of seven directors incorporated Wentworth Institute on April 5, 1904, as a school "to furnish education in the mechanical arts".{{cite web|url=http://www.wit.edu/images/history/05-1904-charter-POP.jpg |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805231913/http://www.wit.edu/images/history/05-1904-charter-POP.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-05 |title=Charter of the Wentworth Institute |access-date=2009-01-30 |last=Olin |first=Wm. M. |date=1904-04-05 |format=JPG |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts}} The directors spent several years investigating the educational needs of the community, increased the endowment, and reached a settlement with Wentworth's daughter, who had contested his will. Frederick Atherton was Trustee Secretary.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/03/24/101984581.pdf|work=New York Times |title=Millionaire Left Two Wills |date=March 24, 1903}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/12/01/105068072.pdf|work=New York Times |title=Contest for Boston Fortune |date=December 1, 1903}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wit.edu/history.html |title=Wentworth Institute of Technology History |year=2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211235611/http://www.wit.edu/history.html |archive-date=2007-12-11 |url-status=dead}} The campus was established in Boston's Back Bay Fens and Arthur L. Williston was the first principal of the college.

file:Dobbs Hall—Wentworth Institute, April 24, 1920, by Leon Abdalian, from the Digital Commonwealth - commonwealth 8s45qz346 (cropped).jpg

On September 25, 1911, Wentworth opened as a technical school to 242 students. By 1919 the school had 1,800 students and 45 teachers.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWvJDCYA4CUC&pg=PA297 |title=The Handbook of Private Schools |year=1919 |page=297 |access-date=2016-10-28}} Wentworth became a degree-granting institution in 1957 and awarded its first baccalaureate-level degrees in 1970.

In 1972, the institute admitted its first female students. In 1973, Wentworth instructors unionized to join the American Federation of Teachers and on October 28, 1977, the teachers of Wentworth went on strike.Clifford, Joseph P. A Century of Honesty, Energy, Economy, System: Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1904–2004. Boston: Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2003. Print. In 1977, the college's lower and upper divisions merged as the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Wentworth acquired the former Ira Allen School building from the city of Boston in 1980 and the former Boston Trade High School in 1983.

In November 2009, Wentworth became a master's degree-granting institution, with the creation and accreditation of its master of architecture program.{{cite web |title=Wentworth Becomes Master's Degree Granting Institution |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wentworth-becomes-masters-degree-granting-institution-69954472.html |access-date=2016-10-28 |website=Prnewswire.com}} Wentworth received approval for university status from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education in July 2017.{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2017 |title=Wentworth Earns 'University' Status |url=https://wit.edu/news/wentworth-earns-%E2%80%98university%E2%80%99-status |publisher=Wentworth Institute of Technology}}

Zorica Pantic was the first female engineer to head an institute of technology in higher education in the United States. She was president from 2005 to 2019.

As of January 2024, Wentworth offers bachelor's degrees in 22 engineering, technology, design, and management disciplines. Wentworth also offers 11 master's degrees, seven of which have an online option. In 2024, Wentworth was ranked #33 amongst Regional Universities North by U.S. News & World Report.{{Cite web |title=Wentworth Institute of Technology Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/wentworth-institute-of-technology-29099#:~:text=Overview,a%20semester%2Dbased%20academic%20calendar. |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}

Campus

The Wentworth campus is located in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. It consists of 15 buildings for administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, laboratories, library, and athletic facilities. Students enrolled for full-time study may live in one of seven residence halls near the main campus buildings.

The institute's collaborating neighbors include the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Northeastern University, the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the Museum of Fine Arts.

Wentworth is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium, and shares many facilities and activities with nearby institutions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wit.edu/student-life/colleges-fenway|title=Wentworth web page on Colleges of the Fenway}} With this membership, Wentworth students are entitled to register for course with participating neighboring institutions at no additional cost.{{Cite web|title=Cross-Registration|url=http://www.colleges-fenway.org/academics/cross-registration/|access-date=2021-10-14}}

file:Ceis and watson hall - wentworth.jpg|Center for Engineering, Innovation and Technology with Watson Hall on the far left

file:Beatty hall front.jpg|Beatty Hall

file:Schumann library.jpg|Douglas D. Schumann Library

2018 Wentworth Institute of Technology Wentworth Hall.jpg|Wentworth Hall

file:Wentworth's Quad.jpg|Wentworth's Quad

Student life

=Enrollment=

Total enrollment (2022): 3,920 total (3,713 undergraduate and 207 graduate students){{Cite web |title=Wentworth Institute of Technology Student Life |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/wentworth-institute-of-technology-29099/student-life#:~:text=Wentworth%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20has,of%20students%20live%20off%20campus. |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=US News & World Report}}

  • Men: 77%
  • Women: 23%

= Athletics =

File:Wentworth athletics logo.png

Wentworth Institute of Technology's athletic teams are nicknamed the Leopards. Wentworth is a member of the NCAA Division III and participates in the Conference of New England as a non-football member.

In 2023, Jared M. Pierce made history at Wentworth by become the first two-time All American, in Track & Field, from the university. He finished 8th place in the shot-put at both the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Division III National Championships.

The university has a total of ten sports programs. Men's and women's sports include basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, track and field, and volleyball, while men's only include baseball, golf, and ice hockey. Softball is the only Women's sport at Wentworth.

Notable alumni

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External links

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  • [https://www.wentworthathletics.com/landing/index Athletics website]

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