title: Association of Independent Technological Universities
text: The Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU) is a group of private American engineering colleges established in 1957. The purpose of the association is to share ideas and practices that promote innovation and entrepreneurship, promote technology-oriented careers and advance post-secondary education in engineering and science.
  
  Member institutions
  The Association of Independent Technological Universities was founded by fifteen colleges. Since then, two of the original institutions have left the association (after having expanded from their original scope as technological universities) and many of the remaining thirteen have undergone name changes and/or mergers. In addition, nine more colleges have joined the association for a total of twenty-two current members.
  
  Original members
  California Institute of Technology
  Carnegie Institute of Technology
  Case Institute of Technology
  Clarkson College of Technology
  Cooper Union
  Drexel Institute
  Illinois Institute of Technology
  Lehigh University
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Rice Institute
  Rose Polytechnic Institute
  Stevens Institute of Technology
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  
  Current members
  California Institute of Technology
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Case Western Reserve University
  Clarkson University
  Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  Harvey Mudd College
  Illinois Institute of Technology
  Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
  Kettering University
  Lawrence Technological University
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Milwaukee School of Engineering
  New York Institute of Technology
  New York University Tandon School of Engineering
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  Stevens Institute of Technology
  Webb Institute
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  
  References
  
  External links
   Official website
  
  College and university associations and consortia in the United States