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| Institute of Applied Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Name | Institute of Applied Sciences |
| Established | 1965 |
| Type | Research university |
| City | Metropolis |
| Country | Republic of Arcadia |
| Campus | Urban |
Institute of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary research university founded in the mid-20th century with strengths in engineering, chemistry, and information technology. The institute has engaged with international partners such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, University of Tokyo, and National University of Singapore while contributing to regional initiatives involving European Research Council, National Science Foundation (United States), Horizon 2020, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and UNESCO.
The institute was established in 1965 during a period of expansion that included institutions like California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and Harvard University; early leadership drew comparisons with founders of École Polytechnique, Technische Universität München, Sorbonne University, Moscow State University, and Peking University. In the 1970s the campus hosted collaborations with Bell Labs, Siemens, General Electric, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, and later partnered on projects funded by European Commission, Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During the 1990s the institute restructured along models used by Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Princeton University, Yale University, and Columbia University while reacting to global shifts heralded by events such as the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Maastricht Treaty, World Summit on the Information Society, and Kyoto Protocol.
Governance follows a collegiate model with a board analogous to those at Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Brookings Institution, RAND Corporation, and Council on Foreign Relations; executive leadership has engaged former leaders from European Central Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Programme, and Asian Development Bank. Academic structure includes schools with parallels to School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Harvard), Department of Chemistry (University of California, Berkeley), Faculty of Medicine (University of Toronto), School of Computer Science (Carnegie Mellon University), and School of Public Policy (Tsinghua University), overseen by committees reflecting practices from Nobel Committee, Pulitzer Prize Board, Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), and Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
Degree programs span undergraduate and postgraduate options comparable to those at Technical University of Munich, Delft University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, with curricula influenced by accreditation bodies such as ABET, European Higher Education Area, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Council of Higher Education (Turkey), and Tertiary Education Commission (Mauritius). Professional courses include collaborations with Siemens, IBM, Microsoft Research, Google Research, and Intel Corporation; joint degrees and exchange programs run with University of California, Los Angeles, University of Melbourne, Seoul National University, University of Hong Kong, and McGill University.
Research centers align with themes pursued at institutions like Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and CERN; major projects have been funded by European Research Council, U.S. Department of Energy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Wellcome Trust, and National Institutes of Health. Innovations from the institute have interfaced with industry partners including Tesla, Inc., Schneider Electric, BASF, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca and contributed to standards and consortia such as IEEE, IETF, W3C, ISO, and ITU. Collaborations have produced patents and spin-offs similar to those emerging from Stanford Research Park, Cambridge Science Park, Kendall Square, Silicon Fen, and Zhongguancun.
The urban campus contains laboratories and facilities comparable to Salk Institute, CERN Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Broad Institute, and Scripps Research; libraries mirror collections at British Library, Library of Congress, Bodleian Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and National Diet Library. Student residences and athletic complexes reflect best practices from Yale Bowl, Old Trafford, Madison Square Garden, Tokyo Dome, and Melbourne Cricket Ground while cultural venues host performances akin to Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, and Teatro alla Scala.
Admissions procedures are shaped by models used by Common Application, UCAS, Gaokao, SAT, and ACT, and competitive scholarship programs parallel Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Program, Marshall Scholarship, Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and Chevening Scholarship. Student organizations frequently emulate groups associated with IEEE Student Branch, ACM Student Chapter, Model United Nations, Debating Society of Oxford University, and Students for Liberty and participate in events like International Mathematical Olympiad, ACM ICPC, RoboCup, Davos World Economic Forum Youth Summit, and SXSW EDU.
Alumni and faculty include leaders comparable to recipients of Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Medal, Pulitzer Prize, and Lasker Award; former affiliates have held positions at NASA, European Space Agency, World Health Organization, Tesla, Inc., and Apple Inc. and have been associated with research published in Nature (journal), Science (journal), The Lancet, Cell (journal), and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Distinguished visitors and emeriti have included scientists and policymakers connected to Alan Turing, Rosalind Franklin, Richard Feynman, Marie Curie, and Linus Pauling.
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