Biomedical engineering students looking at their invention.

A team of biomedical engineering students represented Georgia Tech at the ACC InVenture Prize Competition in South Bend, Indiana, pitching an invention that could improve wound care for chronic patients and efficiency in healthcare systems. Read more about PatchPals and their journey.

"Our institution exists to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. Georgia Tech’s impact and importance — the value it adds to the world — comes from these scholars, problem solvers, change-makers, and innovators. Their potential is limitless."

— President Ángel Cabrera

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Recognizing Excellence: Student Achievements

Students are our top priority at Georgia Tech, so whether it’s making the dean’s list, publishing research, or securing prestigious fellowships, we are sharing the news. Check out the achievements of our scholars.

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Grace Tang (Left) and Alison Onstine (Right) holding bacteria plates that spell "BIOL 4590" (Credit: Tang and Onstine)

“This course truly underscores Georgia Tech’s commitment to pioneering meaningful undergraduate experiences,” says teacher Vinayak (Vinny) Agarwal. “No other peer institution I know of is exposing undergraduates to bioinformatics at…

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Jaden Wang, a Ph.D. student in mathematics and master’s student in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, has received a prestigious NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity. His research will focus on improving spacecraft landings by…

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Every year, the world’s best hackers, programmers, side-channel exploiters, and cyber practitioners gather in Las Vegas to put their skills to the test at DefCon, the community’s largest annual convention. The biggest challenge of the competition…

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Georgia Tech students played a pivotal role in the award-winning Coffee County Memory Project, an oral history initiative that preserves the stories of school desegregation in rural Georgia. Launched in 2016, the project was supported by the…

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On April 5, Georgia Tech hosted the second annual Scholarship Brunch, an event that brings scholarship recipients together with their benefactors to celebrate the potential unleashed when talent meets opportunity

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A team of Computing students has developed a digital intake system for the U.S. Army, which is set to be implemented as early as next month, transforming a time-consuming, paper-based process into an efficient, modern platform. The project was…

Celebrating Innovation: Student Competition Winners

From the Emmy Award-winning InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech to the widely adopted Three Minute Thesis (3MT®), Georgia Tech students compete to create innovative solutions to address the most challenging local, national, and global issues of our time. These initiatives, prepare Georgia Tech students for leadership, for entrepreneurship, and for advancing technology and improving the human condition.

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A group of Georgia Tech students, faculty, and alumni, achieved international fame on Friday when they won DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) and its $4 million grand prize.
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A student team has "learned the value of AI" by creating a job coaching app for people with disabilities.
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Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed an algorithm that helps AI models develop internal organization just like the human brain — boosting efficiency by 20 percent.
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A Georgia Tech team earned second place in the ICRA Robot Teleoperation Contest for their EgoMimic algorithm, which allows robots to learn skills by mimicking human tasks from first-person video.
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The winners of the 5th Annual Klaus Startup Challenge pose with their large cardboard checks from Fusen and the competition judges.
Named for alumnus and tech entrepreneur Christopher W. Klaus, the College of Computing's annual student startup competition featured $750K in funding.
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Ayush Karupakula, a second-year computer science student (CS), has secured $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator (YC) for Tropir, a startup that helps developers trace and debug failures in large language model (LLM) pipelines.

Empowering Impact: Momentum to Transform Our World

Georgia Tech 40 Under 40 Class of 2025

Georgia Tech alumni, from an early age, are improving the way we live – from furthering space exploration to revolutionizing healthcare, these individuals are reshaping industries, solving big challenges, and leaving a lasting mark on the world.

Transforming Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech

Grounded in the Institute’s strategic plan, this campaign will bring unprecedented advancements to the Institute that will have the power to shape the future — transforming lives, ideas, learning, our community, and our world.

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Yellow Jackets Named Among Most Influential Georgians

For their efforts to transform their communities, 11 Georgia Tech alumni have been named among Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians for 2025. Among the honorees, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was chosen as the “Georgian of the Year.”

Achieving Our Mission

Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human. We achieve wins each day we bolster efforts to Amplify Impact, Champion Innovation, Connect Globally, Expand Access, Cultivate Well-Being, and Lead by Example.