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- AE — School of Aerospace Engineering
- ATAS — Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory (GTRI)
- ATDC — Advanced Technology Development Center
B
- BME — Biomedical Engineering
- Buzz — campus mascot (a yellow jacket; not a bee)
- Burger Bowl — Large green space adjacent to the Campus Recreation Center's Roe Stamps Fields (west campus).
C
- CATEA — Center For Assistive Technology & Environmental Access
- CEISMC — Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing
- CE (or CEE) — School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- CETL — Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
- CHBE (or CHEM E) — School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- CM — Computational Media
- COA — College of Architecture
- COC — College of Computing
- COE — College of Engineering
- COS — College of Sciences
- Co-op — The Cooperative plan where students work and attend classes on alternating quarters
- CRC — Campus Recreation Center
- CS — School of Computer Science
- CSE (or CMPE) — School of Computational Science and Engineering
D
- DOPP — Division of Professional Practice (co-op, interships and work abroad)
E
- EAS — School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- ECE — School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- EI2 (“EI-squared”) — Enterprise Innovation Institute (commercialization services)
- ELSYS — Electronic Systems Laboratory (GTRI)
- EOSL — Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (GTRI)
F
- FASET — Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surroundings and Environs of Tech (freshman orientation program)
- Flag Building — officially known as the Smithgall Student Services Building
G
- GRA — Georgia Research Alliance
- GTAA — Georgia Tech Athletic Association or Georgia Tech Alumni Association
- GTAB — Georgia Tech Advisory Board
- GTCN — Georgia Tech Cable Network
- GTISC — Georgia Tech Information Security Center
- GTRC — Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- GTRI — Georgia Tech Research Institute
H
- HTS — School of History, Technology, and Society
- The "Hill" — The area of campus where the administration building/Tech Tower is located
I
- IAC — Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- IBB (or "IB squared") — Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
- IC — School of Interactive Computing
- ILE — Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship
- INTA — School of International Affairs
- IPaT — Institute for People and Technology
- IRP — Institutional Research and Planning
- ISYE — School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
J
L
- LMC — School of Literature, Media, and Communication
- GT-Lorraine — Georgia Tech's campus in France
M
- MARC — Manufacturing Research Center
- ME — School of Mechanical Engineering
- MIRC — Microelectronics Research Center
- MRDC — Manufacturing Related Disciplines Center
- MSE — School of Materials Science and Engineering
N
- NAA – North Avenue Apartments
- 'Nique – See "Technique," below
O
- OHR — Office of Human Resources
- OIE — Office of International Education
- OIT — Office of Information Technology
- OMED — Office of Minority Educational Development
- OSP — Office of Sponsored Programs
P
- PCS — Printing and Copying Services
- PSP — President's Scholars Program
R
- Ramblin' Wreck — a 1930 Model A Ford car that serves as a school symbol; the student body is also called the Ramblin' Wrecks from Georgia Tech
- RATS — freshmen (Recently Acquired Tech Students / Recruit At Tech)
- ResNet — Network, television and telephone support for the Department of Housing
- RHA — Residence Hall Association
S
- Scheller — Earnest Scheller Jr. College of Business
- SEAL — Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (GTRI)
- SEI — Strategic Energy Institute
- SGA — Student Government Association
- The "Shaft" — the campanile outside the Student Center
- SPP — School of Public Policy
T
- Team Buzz — Tech's annual campus-wide community clean-up initiative
- Tech Green — Large green space adjacent to the Kessler Campanile, near the Student Center
- Technique — student newspaper
- Technology Square —area of campus east of the Downtown Connector that includes the College of Management, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Georgia Tech Hotel, Global Learning and Conference Center, and several restaurants
- The Good Word — To Hell With Georgia!
- THWG — To Hell With Georgia!
- Trolley — the Stinger bus that runs to Technology Square
- TSRB — Technology Square Research Building
- Tunnel — the tunnel under the expressway that leads from East Campus to Spring Street
U
- ULC — Undergraduate Living Center
W
- The Whistle — the steam whistle that marks five minutes before each hour; also the faculty/staff newspaper
- WLC — Women's Leadership Conference
- WREK — campus student-run radio station
- West Campus — Residence halls on the west side of campus (newer dorms)
- Word — results of old exams used for studying
- WRC — Women's Resource Center
Y
- Yellow Jackets — name of all sports teams
