History
In 1999, Georgia Tech began offering local degree programs to engineering students in southeast Georgia, and in 2003 it opened its regional campus in Savannah. The Advanced Technology Development Center also has an office at Georgia Tech Savannah.
In 2009, the movie Last Song starring Miley Cyrus was filmed in the EDRB building at Georgia Tech Savannah.
In 2011, major changes were proposed to the campus to keep it financially viable. Specifically, a Georgia Tech task force found that enrollment at Georgia Tech-Savannah had not met expectations that existed at the inception of the campus, and that undue duplication vis-a-vis the Atlanta campus existed. The task force recommended "a continued and strong commitment to Southeast Georgia by creating a new academic and operational model for GTS, but discontinuing the current degree programs". The proposed alternative path for the campus includes providing education to locally based military personnel, establishing executive education and other non-degree programs, offering professional degree programs that would not duplicate existing offerings at the main Atlanta campus, and developing research opportunities that are unique to the coastal region.
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