Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT's interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university's 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.IIT was formed in 1940 by the merger of the Armour Institute of Technology, founded in 1890, and the Lewis Institute, founded in 1895. Both schools had nationally recognized engineering programs. The Institute of Design, founded in 1937, merged with IIT in 1949. In 1969 the Kent College of Law was merged into IIT and the Stuart School of Business was created with a gift from Harold Leonard Stuart, an alumnus of the Lewis Institute. In 1986, the Midwest College of Engineering at Lombard Illinois, founded in 1967, was absorbed by IIT. This was the start of IIT's strong presence in Chicago's west suburban high-tech "Silicon Prairie." In 1995, beset by declining enrollment in it's liberal arts programs, the university reorganized it's academic units, eliminating the liberal arts college entirely and concentrating on architecture, science and engineering, psychology, law, and business. The university currently consists of five campuses in the Chicago area. The Main Campus, on Chicago's south side was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the 20th century's most influential architects and director of IIT's School of Architecture from 1938 to 1958. This campus houses the Armour College of Science and Engineering, the College of Architecture, and the Institute of Psychology, as well as the university's administrative offices. IIT's Downtown Campus is located in Chicago's west loop area and houses the Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Center for Law & Financial Markets, the Master of Public Administration Program, and the Stuart School of Business. The Institute of Design has a separate campus located on Chicago's near north side. The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus in Wheaton serves Chicago's west suburban high-tech corridor by offering graduate programs, upper-level undergraduate courses, and continuing professional education. The Moffett Campus in Bedford Park, south of Chicago, houses the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, a consortium of government, industry and academia that seeks to improve the quality of our nation's food supply.

　　IIT 成立于 1890 年，是一所授予博士学位的技术大学，授予理学、数学和工程学学位，以及建筑学、心理学、设计学、商业和法律等专业。IIT 的跨专业、以技术为核心的课程，为该校 6200 名学生在日益复杂和文化多元的全球职场中担任领导角色做好准备。IIT 成立于 1940 年，由成立于 1890 年的阿莫尔理工学院和 1895 年成立的刘易斯研究所合并而成。两所学校均拥有全国知名的工程专业。设计学院成立于 1937 年，1949 年与印度理工学院合并。1969 年，肯特法学院并入印度理工学院，斯图尔特商学院由刘易斯学院校友哈罗德·伦纳德·斯图尔特捐赠成立。1986 年，成立于 1967 年的伊利诺伊州隆巴德中西部工程学院被印度理工学院(IIT)吸收。这标志着 IIT 在芝加哥西郊高科技“硅草原”中强势存在的开始。1995 年，由于文理学院招生人数下降，大学重组了学术单位，完全取消了文理学院，转而专注于建筑、科学与工程、心理学、法律和商业。目前，大学在芝加哥地区拥有五个校区。主校区位于芝加哥南区，由 20 世纪最具影响力的建筑师之一、1938 年至 1958 年任 IIT 建筑学院院长路德维希·密斯·凡·德·罗设计。该校区内设有阿莫尔理工学院、建筑学院和心理学研究所，以及大学的行政办公室。 IIT 市中心校区位于芝加哥西环区，内有芝加哥-肯特法学院、法律与金融市场中心、公共管理硕士项目和斯图尔特商学院。设计学院在芝加哥近北区设有一个独立校区。位于惠顿的丹尼尔·F·和艾达·L·赖斯校区服务芝加哥西郊高科技走廊，提供研究生课程、高级本科课程和继续专业教育。位于芝加哥南部贝德福德公园的莫菲特校区，是国家食品安全与技术中心的所在地，这是一个由政府、工业界和学术界组成的联盟，致力于提升我国食品供应的质量。