The Engineering Experiment Station begins engineering research projects. The School of Physics is established. The Department of Physical Education and Recreation is established. Tech becomes the first institution to provide low-cost married housing to GI Bill students. The School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is established.
Tech adopts the quarter system.
The Board of Regents authorizes Tech to change its name to the Georgia Institute of Technology. Southern Technical Institute opens as a branch of Tech. Tech awards its first Doctor of Philosophy degree. The School of Mathematics is established. The Board of Regents votes to make Tech coeducational.