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The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT) in Boston, Massachusetts is one of New England's oldest colleges of engineering and technologies. The college was established with funds bequethed in Benjamin Franklin's will. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Boston redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... This article is about the American political figure. ...

History

BFIT owes its existence to the vision of Benjamin Franklin. In an unusual codicil to his will, dated 1789, Franklin established a 200-year plan for a sum totalling £1,000 (about $4,400 at the time) that he gave to Boston, his birthplace and place of passing. For the first hundred years, the money was to serve as principal for loans to young workmen; at the end of that period, the fund's managers would divide the money, using approximately three-fourths for public works and maintaining the rest as a loan fund.^{[citation needed]} Year 1789 (MDCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

When the hundred-year interval had passed, Boston decided to use the money to establish a technical school. Aided by an additional gift from industrialist Andrew Carnegie and land donated by the City, BFIT opened its doors in 1908. Today, the Institute continues to serve greater Boston and beyond, local industry, and the regional economy by preparing men and women of diverse backgrounds to become proficient in the technical arts.^{[citation needed]} Andrew Carnegie (properly pronounced , but commonly or )[1] (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Mellon University, and Pittsburghs Carnegie Steel Company, which was later merged... Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Academics

The school has 450 day students and offers Certificates, Associate Degree programs and a Bachelor's degree program.^{[citation needed]} An associates degree is the degree awarded by community colleges in Canada and the United States upon completion of a course of study equivalent to the first two years in a four-year college or university. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ...

To provide graduates a pathway for further study, BFIT has entered into articulation agreements with many local colleges, including Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Boston Architectural Center.^{[citation needed]} “Neu” redirects here. ... The Wentworth Institute of Technology is a nationally accredited institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Boston Architectural College, formerly known as the Boston Architectural Center, is a university located in Bostons Back Bay, offering bachelors and masters degrees in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and design studies. ...

Notes and references

External links

• Benjamin Franklin Institute of Techonology

See also