The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a small private research university in Pasadena, California, founded in 1891. With only about 990 undergraduate students, Caltech is one of the smallest top-ranked universities in the world — its faculty and alumni include 46 Nobel laureates, and the school manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Notable strengths include physics, mathematics, computer science, biology, and engineering. The Beavers compete in NCAA Division III in the SCIAC. Caltech's residential life is famously organized around an 8-house system inspired by the Oxbridge c…
