The Peter Kiewit Institute is a facility in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

, United States which houses academic programs from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Engineering. Founded in 1996 in partnership with the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Universit ...

, the

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, and companies in the private sector, PKI's goal is "to help meet the needs of the nation's technology and engineering firms by providing a top-flight education to students interested in pursuing careers in information science, technology and engineering." The

Holland Computing Center The Holland Computing Center, often abbreviated HCC, is the high-performance computing core for the University of Nebraska System. HCC has locations in both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln June and Paul Schorr III Center for Computer Science & En ...

, which houses the Firefly supercomputer, is located inside the institute.

Colleges

* College of Information Science and Technology – University of Nebraska at Omaha * College of Engineering – University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Degrees offered

Information Science and Technology From the University of Nebraska at Omaha: *

Bachelor's A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ye ...

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

Management Information Systems A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves peop ...

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combi ...

Cybersecurity Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

** IT Innovation *

Master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

**Computer Science **Management Information Systems **Cybersecurity *PhD **Information Technology Engineering From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: * Architectural EngineeringDurham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
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/ref> * Computer Engineering * Construction Engineering * Construction Management * Electrical EngineeringElectrical & Computer Engineering
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References

External links

Peter Kiewit Institute website
University of Nebraska Omaha Schools in Omaha, Nebraska {{Omaha-stub