Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges.

Caltech is also a community—a community of curious and passionate individuals who collaborate to understand and solve complex scientific and societal challenges. Caltech’s commitment to the absolute excellence of its faculty, students, and staff has created an international presence that magnifies the Institute’s size. Powered by remarkable scientists, engineers, and students, Caltech is a hub of fundamental discovery and technological innovation because its scientific enterprise focuses on key strengths and collaboration across disciplines.

Situated in the heart of Pasadena at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, Caltech’s 124-acre campus is 10 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 30 miles from the ocean.