SUNY's premier ceramics and engineering college, founded 1900 by Theodore Roosevelt.
The college offers programs through the School of Art and Design and the Inamori School of Engineering. Engineering programs include ceramics, glass, biomaterials, and materials science engineering, with additional mechanical engineering and renewable energy engineering programs offered through Alfred University. The college is one of only two institutions in the U.S. offering a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering and the sole institution offering degrees in glass science.
Established by an act signed by Governor Theodore Roosevelt on April 11, 1900, the college was originally named the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics. Charles Fergus Binns, a British ceramist from Royal Worcester Porcelain Works, served as the first director. In 1932, it was renamed the New York State College of Ceramics with two departments: General Technology and Engineering and Applied Art.
The college houses the Inamori Museum of Fine Ceramics, one of only two collections in the world focused on technical ceramics and glass. The campus includes the Samuel R. Scholes Library and facilities supporting both art and engineering disciplines.