Ranked as one of the top public research universities and highly regarded as one of the best engineering schools in the country, Georgia Institute of Technology is in a league of its own. Commonly known as Georgia Tech, this university has state-of-the-art sports facilities including a massive football stadium where the Yellow Jackets play, swimming facility and top-of-the-line gym just to name a few in the athletic realm of the university. The campus is located in midtown Atlanta, and houses about 31 departments with a strong emphasis on science and technology.