SUNY Polytechnic Institute

SUNY Poly was initially established in 1966 as a graduate and upper-division (transfer) institution in 1966 known as the Upper Division College at Herkimer/Rome/Utica. At that time, the school offered classes in temporary locations throughout Utica and at extension sites for several years until the first buildings were constructed on the permanent Marcy campus in the 1980s.[10] After a decade of growing enrollment, the school took on a new name in 1977, the State University of New York College of Technology at Utica-Rome. A decade later, in 1987, the school finally moved to its present location in Marcy and, two years later in 1989, changed its names again, becoming the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome.[11]

In 2002, the SUNY Board of Trustees approved a mission change, enabling SUNY Poly to offer upper-division programs in professional, technological, and applied studies. In 2003, SUNY Poly admitted its first class of freshmen, becoming a four-year institution.[12] This class graduated in May 2007.

The university's current name, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, derives from the 2014 merger of the SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, formerly a component of the University at Albany. This merger created five colleges within the institute, including the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering, the College of Health Sciences, the College of Business Management, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Currently, the university offers programs in the disciplines of engineering, engineering technology, and other programs and degrees in business administration,[13] technology, nursing, design, professional studies, and the arts and sciences at its Utica campus, and nanoscale science, nanoscale engineering, as well as nanobioscience programs at its Albany campus.

SUNY Poly is organized into four colleges:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Business Management
• College of Engineering
• College of Health Sciences

SUNY Poly is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III and the North Atlantic Conference (formerly known as the North Eastern Athletic Conference, or NEAC). The current roster of SUNY Poly varsity sports includes baseball, softball, and men's and women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, and golf. SUNY Poly's athletic nickname is the Wildcats.

The Wildcat Field House, completed in 2011, features a state-of-the-art fitness center, two full-sized basketball courts and four volleyball courts, indoor practice facilities for all Wildcat teams, a running track, an expansive training room, team rooms, and offices for the athletics department's administrative staff and coaches.[20] A new multi-sport turf field, new baseball field, and an updated softball field were also constructed as part of the Wildcat Field House project. The SUNY Poly basketball teams play their home contests in the Campus Center Gym. The "CC" was completed in the early 1980s as the original home for Wildcat Athletics. Upon the completion of the Wildcat Field House, the Campus Center was retrofitted to be used solely for basketball. The most recent update to the gym was in 2016 when the scoreboard was updated and the floor and paint were refinished to match the current team identity. In the 2020-21 season, the Wildcats changed conferences, transitioning from the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC).[21]

• Official website