Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute
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.
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Other name | Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute |
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| Motto | Honneur |
Motto in English | Honour |
| Type | Public polytechnic university |
Academic staff | 1,380 |
| Students | 28,972 |
| Undergraduates | 20,859 |
| Postgraduates | 8,112 |
| Location | Ganondagan , United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 13.1 square kilometres (3,200 acres) |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA DIvision I FCS — Ivy League |
History
Early years (1874–1908)
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 college would grow rapidly, enrolling over 5,000 students, and by 1884 it would add two new faculties, Commerce and Humanities. In 1901, the United States Congress passed a resolution to defund the school federally and shrink its campus, however, the Haudenosaunee Grand Council fought back and doubled its commitment to the institution. Later in 1905, the United States starting funding it once again.
In 1908, Cana Tech would add another faculty, Graduate Studies, allowing the college to award graduate degrees and become a part of the University of the Haudenosaunee system, and became the University of the Haudenosaunee — Canandaigua.
1912–1998
In 1947, the university would split and became the flagship insititution for the Canadaigua Polytechnic University System and renamed to Canadaigua Polytechnic Institute and Haudenosaunee National University.
In 1994, Cana Tech would create the Faculty of Technology and Innovation for undergrad and postgrade students to study computing and computers. It would quickly become one of the leading computing faculties in the world. By 1998, Cana Tech would be compared to the Ivy League, and even invited to join it in 1996.
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 (1908)
- Faculty of Humanities (1884)
- Military College of the Iroquois (1900)
- Faculty of Natural Sciences (1874)
- Faculty of Science (1901)
- Faculty of Technology and Innovation (1994)