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{{Infobox University

|name = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

|name = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

|picture = [[File:TroyBuilding.JPG|The Troy Building|200px]]

| image = TroyBuilding.JPG|caption=The Troy Building

|motto = Knowledge and Thoroughness

|motto = Knowledge and Thoroughness

|established = 1824

|established = 1824

}}

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'''Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute''', or '''RPI''' is a [[private university|private]] [[university]] in [[Troy, NY|Troy]], [[New York|NY]]. It was made in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer because he wanted there to be schools that taught [[science]] and [[engineering]]. It is the oldest engineering school in America. Lots of students from RPI get jobs that pay a lot of money after they leave RPI. Some people who went to RPI have started big companies like [[NVIDIA]], [[John Wiley and Sons]], and [[Texas Instruments]]. [[George Low]], an [[United States|American]] who helped get [[spaceships]] into [[Outer space|space]], went to RPI.  

'''Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute''', or '''RPI''' is a [[private university|private]] [[university]] in [[Troy, NY|Troy]], [[New York|NY]]. It was made in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer because he wanted there to be schools that taught [[science]] and [[engineering]]. It is the oldest engineering school in America. Lots of students from RPI get jobs that pay a lot of money after they leave RPI. Some people who went to RPI have started big companies like [[NVIDIA]], [[John Wiley and Sons]], and [[Texas Instruments]]. [[George Low]], an [[United States|American]] who helped get [[spaceships]] into [[Outer space|space]], went to RPI.

What RPI focuses on has changed a lot since it was first made.  There still is a lot of engineering at the school, but now there is growing [[arts]] and [[social studies]] teaching at the school. A big concert hall called [[EMPAC]] was opened in 2008 at RPI.

What RPI focuses on has changed a lot since it was first made.  There still is a lot of engineering at the school, but now there is growing [[arts]] and [[social studies]] teaching at the school. A big concert hall called [[EMPAC]] was opened in 2008 at RPI.

Most of RPI's sports teams play in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division III, which does not allow athletic scholarships. The men's and women's [[ice hockey]] teams play as Division I teams in [[ECAC Hockey]]. The hockey teams are can award scholarships because of a special NCAA rule.  

Most of RPI's sports teams play in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division III, which does not allow athletic scholarships. The men's and women's [[ice hockey]] teams play as Division I teams in [[ECAC Hockey]]. The hockey teams are can award scholarships because of a special NCAA rule.

==References==

==References==

== Other websites ==

== Other websites ==

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* [http://www.rpi.edu/ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]

* [http://www.rpi.edu/ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]

* [http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/Archives/ Institute Archives and Special Collections]

* [http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/Archives/ Institute Archives and Special Collections]

[[Category:Colleges and universities in New York]]

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[[Category:ECAC Hockey|Rpi]]

[[Category:ECAC Hockey|Rpi]]