The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is the world's first and largest
technological college for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. It's one of eight
colleges of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), a privately endowed, coeducational
university that is student-centered and career-focused.
RIT was founded in 1829, and NTID was formally established by an act of Congress in
1965. In 1966, RIT was chosen from among four competing universities as the host university for NTID.
Currently, more than 1,100 deaf and hard-of-hearing students study, share residence halls, and enjoy social life together with 14,000 hearing students.
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