SUNY Polytechnic Institute is a non-private university with its campuses in Marcy and Albany, New York. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has accredited SUNY Polytechnic. Within five colleges, SUNY Polytechnic courses include over 25 bachelor's degrees, 18 graduate degrees, and five doctoral degrees. Approximately 2,200 students at SUNY Poly come from all throughout New York, the United States, and more than twenty other countries.
In addition, the university offers four accelerated programmes. Business, Information Science, Nursing, and Mechanical Engineering are some of the most popular majors at the university. It was the first college in the United States to provide educational programmes in nanotechnology as one of five colleges within the polytechnic institute.
The Albany campus of SUNY Polytechnic is also home to a pilot scale semiconductor research and development centre.
SUNY Polytechnic is a member of the United East Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III (formerly known as the North Eastern Athletic Conference, or NEAC). Softball, baseball, men's and women's basketball, lacrosse, cross country, soccer, and volleyball are among the varsity sports offered at the university.
Exciting SUNY Polytechnic Institite scholarships and grants are also available for meritorious students. The amount of the reward is determined by academic merit and a thorough examination of the student's application. For students who fulfil and maintain eligibility, these scholarships are renewable for up to four years.
The Computer Chip Commercialization Center, or "Quad-C," a USD $250–300 million semiconductor manufacturing research centre, is currently located on the Marcy campus to assist students.