Acting President’s Message

Greetings, and Welcome to SUNY Poly!

We are excited that you are part of an incredibly unique learning and research environment here at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), a globally-recognized, high-tech educational ecosystem formed from the merger of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and SUNY Institute of Technology.

A proud member of the State University of New York, the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, SUNY Poly is committed to providing the highest quality and most engaging learning experience to each and every one of our students.

Between our two campuses, located in Albany and Utica, SUNY Poly provides degrees in computer science, nursing, business, engineering, arts and sciences, communication, and the behavioral sciences, as well as nanoscale engineering and nanoscale science, among many others.

Besides classroom experience, SUNY Poly offers unique internship and hands-on opportunities that are available through a number of the institution’s corporate partners, some of which are located on-site at both of SUNY Poly’s campuses. This unique educational approach helps prepare you for an exciting future by obtaining skills, knowledge, perspectives and hands-on experience that are necessary to better understand today’s complex world while addressing real-world challenges.

While at SUNY Poly, we hope you will also enjoy and participate in the vibrant, active student life on our campuses with athletics, cultural programs, events, and more.

We hope that this undergraduate catalog will become a valuable guide throughout your
SUNY Poly academic career. On behalf of all the dedicated faculty and staff, I wish you great success at SUNY Poly!

Sincerely,

Tod A. Laursen, Ph.D.
Acting President
SUNY Polytechnic Institute