History & Traditions
This Georgia Tech mascot originally appeared in 1947 and is a yellow-jacket character often seen at athletic events.
Who is Buzz?
This iconic tower structure near Tech Green often serves as a campus meeting point.
What is the Campanile?
This Georgia Tech-affiliated research organization conducts applied research for government and industry and is commonly abbreviated GTRI.
What is the Georgia Tech Research Institute?
This legendary football coach led Georgia Tech to a national championship in 1990.
Who is Bobby Ross?
This major, abbreviated CS, consistently ranks among Georgia Tech’s largest undergraduate programs.
What is Computer Science?
Before becoming Georgia Tech in 1948, the institution carried this longer official name.
What is the Georgia School of Technology?
This building houses the College of Computing and was named after an alumnus and former CEO of Ariba.
What is the Klaus Advanced Computing Building?
This fictional student became one of Georgia Tech’s most famous accidental creations after a registration error.
Who is George P. Burdell?
This was GT's head coach from 1967-1971 and compiled a 27-27 record over 5 seasons.
Who is Bud Carson?
Georgia Tech’s engineering college bears the name of this engineer and businessman.
Who is George W. Woodruff?
This annual rivalry tradition involves Georgia Tech students attempting pranks connected to their in-state football rival.
What is Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate?
This pedestrian pathway acts as a central east-west spine through campus.
What is Tech Walkway?
This infamous campus event in 1961 involved students stealing a rival school's mascot and displaying it in Atlanta.
What was the kidnapping of the University of Georgia bulldog mascot?
Georgia Tech’s men's basketball arena is named for this alumnus and former basketball player.
Who is Hank McCamish?
This college includes programs such as Industrial Design, Music Technology, and Architecture.
What is the College of Design?
The famous 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe used in traditions and football celebrations carries this nickname.
What is the Ramblin' Reck?
This historic residence hall, one of Georgia Tech’s oldest surviving buildings, once housed the Navy V-12 program.
What is Smith Residence Hall?
What structure on GT campus blares 5 minutes before the hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays since 1896?
What is the Whistle?
This is GT's newest quarterback, brother of the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner Fernando.
Who is Alberto Mendoza?
This is the sport Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College in 222-0 in 1916.
What is football?
This Georgia Tech fight song includes the line: “I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech…”
What is “Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech”?
This campus area was formerly the site of Alexander Memorial Coliseum before redevelopment.
What is Midtown/Tech Square area?
This course was a requirement for all GT students to graduate before 1987.
What is drownproofing?
This is the closest any Georgia Tech quarterback has come to winning the coveted Heisman Trophy.
What is 2nd place?
This Georgia Tech-created framework for innovation and entrepreneurship is often summarized through startup creation and customer discovery methodologies.
What is CREATE-X/Startup Exchange at Georgia Tech?