The College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology is proud to announce that it has exceeded its campaign target, raising $75 million. The College raised the funds as part of Tech's Transforming Tomorrow capital campaign.

"If I have learned anything during this campaign, it is how lucky the College of Computing is to have such an invested and involved community," said Vivek Sarkar, John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing.

Although the College has met its fundraising goal, it hasn't met all its financial needs.

To meet ongoing needs, the College continues to partner with donors to expand opportunities for the whole community.

One focus is undergraduate scholarships. Tech is affordable and is famously one of the highest-ROI public universities. The College is only able to meet 54 percent of its undergraduates' financial needs, however, leaving many brilliant students struggling to cover the costs of their education. Donor scholarships are the primary vehicle for reducing this gap.

Faculty recruiting is also essential. The College has invested in and grown its tenure-track faculty by 38 percent over the past five years, but still has more to do, since enrollment grew by 65 percent during the same period. More flexible faculty endowments would give the College a much-needed edge in recruiting and retaining the best.

Another goal is to work with corporate partners to build real-world, classroom-integrated opportunities for students. The College is particularly focused on expanding beyond its ties to tech companies to find opportunities in tech-adjacent industries such as retail, healthcare, and logistics.

The College's final goal is to grow the unrestricted funds available to the dean and school chairs through the Excellence Funds. These unrestricted funds allow the College to meet ever-changing challenges in our exciting and uncertain times.

The funds raised so far in the College have led to concrete advances.

Schmidt Sciences funded a new Center for Scientific Software Engineering, which partners with researchers to accelerate scientific discovery. The Hopper-Dean Fund helped launch programs that support K-12 computing education across Georgia and the nation. The Krishna Bharat Chair in Computational Journalism will support two faculty members who are researching information access.

The College has also received multiple junior faculty fellowship awards, which fund some of the most creative, forward-thinking research in the College. Kexin Rong, an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science, used her award to work on democratizing data science. Josiah Hester, an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing, used his award to build sensors powered by their environments.

Graduate students have also received a boost. The JP Morgan AI Ph.D. Research Award supports some of the College's most promising doctoral researchers.

The College also raised endowed funding for crucial undergraduate scholarships. These vital funds will help scores of students stay on track to complete their courses despite personal financial challenges.

"I am excited to see our committed donors and friends continue to invest in the College of Computing. With their support, we can meet all of our funding objectives and seize opportunities as they arise," Sarkar said.