Short answers, pulled from the story.
The California Institute of Technology traces its founding to the 23rd of September 1891 when Amos G. Throop established a preparatory and vocational school named Throop University.
Caltech scientists including J. Robert Oppenheimer Richard Tolman and Robert Bacher contributed critical aspects to atomic bomb development through the Manhattan Project.
As of October 2025 Caltech has 48 Nobel laureates affiliated with the institution comprising 26 alumni five postdocs and 17 non-alumni professors.
The California Institute of Technology achieved an all-time low admit rate of 2.7% for the Class of 2028 entering in 2024.
The remaining college assumed its current name California Institute of Technology in 1920 after disbanding its vocational and preparatory schools by 1910.