Education + Research
TRANSFORMATION CITY »
Showcasing a 'New America'
The Pittsburgh region has survived wrenching economic change and emerged with a balanced, innovation-driven economy renowned for health care and life sciences, technology and robotics, higher education and research, financial services, advanced manufacturing and renewable energy.
NEIGHBORHOODS »
A City Full of Diversity
As a city full of diversity, you will love exploring the culture, food, and atmosphere of Pittsburgh’s 89 unique and ethnically distinctive neighborhoods. Pittsburgh’s downtown is full of the city hustle and bustle, and Squirrel Hill has the quaint charm of a main street-like community. Meanwhile, Oakland, with its many universities, supplies a uniquely intellectual atmosphere. Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods and the unique people in them are just waiting for you to come and visit!.
University of Pittsburgh
Contact: Maddy Ross, +1 412.298.4972, maross@pitt.edu
The University of Pittsburgh, a Major Employer and Research Powerhouse, is Among Region's Most Productive Economic Engines and World's Most Important Bioengineering Centers
The University of Pittsburgh is one of the nation's leading public research universities and one of the oldest institutions of higher learning west of the Allegheny Mountains. For more than two centuries, Pitt has helped to improve the region. Today, it supports 33,800 jobs and generates $1.3 billion in personal income.
A powerhouse in research, the University of Pittsburgh imports substantial research money-$642 million during fiscal year 2008. These expenditures alone support more than 23,100 local jobs and represent a return of more than $3.60 for every dollar of Pitt's state appropriation. The beneficial impact of those funds, as they move through the economy, extends far beyond those actually employed at Pitt-from the non-University employees who build the research facilities, to the private companies that supply them, to the businesses that meet the needs of the people who work there.
Pitt also continues to expand its technology transfer efforts to ensure that research translates into new products, new companies, and new jobs. Pitt has already played a direct organizational or sponsorship role in the formation of some 42 companies.
Pitt's more than 250,000 living alumni have distinguished themselves in virtually every field of human endeavor, whether close to home or in more distant parts of the world. In recent years, Pitt graduates have received some of the world's most prestigious awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, and the John Fritz Medal, widely regarded as the world's most prestigious engineering award.
Through the work of its alumni and as a result of the quality of its programs in disciplines as diverse as philosophy and transplantation surgery, Pitt has gained international recognition. It is a member of the Association of American Universities, an organization composed of the top 62 research universities in North America.
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QUALITY OF LIFE »
Life in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is home to a cultural phenomenon celebrating our unique history and the people who make this city special. Surprisingly affordable and very livable, it’s no wonder so many people are choosing to make Pittsburgh home.
