Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute

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Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute and Haudenosaunee National University
Seal
Other name
Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute
Former name
  • Kanandarque College (1874 – 1908)
  • University of the Haudenosaunee — Canandaigua (1908 – 1947)
Motto
Honneur
Motto in English
Honour
TypePublic polytechnic university
Academic staff
1,380
Students28,972
Undergraduates20,859
Postgraduates8,112
Location
Ganondagan
,
United States
CampusSuburban, 13.1 square kilometres (3,200 acres)
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Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute (CPI), more commonly known as Cana Tech, officially Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute and Haudenosaunee National University, is a public polytechnic university in Canandaigua, New York.

History

Early years (1874–1884)

Cana Tech was founded in 1874 as Kanandarque College after Seneca Polytechnic and Iroquois Confederacy University, the main university for the Haudenosaunee, became private in 1872 due to government threats. It originally consisted of three academic faculties: arts, engineering, and natural sciences. Its inagural class would consist of ~500 undergraduates.

The university would grow rapidly, and by 1884, it would add

Academics

The university in organized into 8 faculties:

  • Faculty of Arts and Music (1874)
  • Faculty of Commerce (1876)
  • Faculty of Education (1912)
  • Faculty of Engineering Sciences (1874)
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies (1901)
  • Faculty of Humanties (1884)
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences (1874)
  • Faculty of Technology and Innovation (1994)