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The California Institute of Technology (commonly referre to as Caltech) is a private, coeducational research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering. Caltech also operates and manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA organization that oversees the design and operation of many unmanned space probes. Caltech is a small school, with only about 2100 students (about 900 undergraduates and 1200 graduate students), but is ranked in the top 10 universities worldwide by metrics such as citation index, Nobel Prizes, and general university rankings.

Trivia about caltech

  • In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds
  • On May 17, 1987 pranksters from this Pasadena school changed the Hollywood sign to the name of the school
  • At age 14, physics whiz Chris Hirata joined the rocket scientists when he enrolled at this Pasadena college
  • This Pasadena institute operates the Big Bear Solar Observatory in California
  • After the 2000 election debacle, MIT & this West Coast school said they'd jointly study better voting procedures
  • The library at this Pasadena school is named for physicist Robert A. Millikan
  • Founded in Pasadena in 1891 as the Throop University, it has many Nobel-winning alumni
  • This university's Jet Propulsion Laboratory controls many of the space probes launched by NASA
  • This L.A.-area institute's famed Olive Walk is now being harvested for olive oil named for the school
  • The 20-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar is owned and operated by this school
  • Here Einstein is welcomed to Los Angeles by Robert Millikan, a top scientist at this school from 1921 to 1945

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