Expanding Career, Education, and Leadership Opportunities for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The EXCEL Program offered by the Georgia Institute of Technology is a four-year college program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) leading to two separate Certificates.
Certificate 1: Academic Enrichment, Social Fluency, and Career Exploration
Certificate 2: Social Growth, Leadership, and Career Development
Program Overview
An overview of the EXCEL Program at Georgia Tech
Visit
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Mentorship Program
Interested in being a peer-mentor? Applications are open now.
In the News
Rachel Lowy, a Ph.D. student in the School of Interactive Computing, piloted a new human-computer interaction design course for IDD students in Georgia Tech’s EXCEL program.
![EXCEL students Lexi Guerrero, Matt Strom, Zahmari Johnson, and Braden Bartels pose for a photo.](/sites/default/files/2024-11/excel-last-day-2024.png)
EXCEL students Lexi Guerrero, Matt Strom, Zahmari Johnson, and Braden Bartels reflect on their experiences in the EXCEL program and navigating campus life at Georgia Tech.
![EXCEL students at Georgia State Capitol building.](/sites/default/files/2024-11/coca-cola-excel.png)
The Coca-Cola Foundation is supporting the EXCEL program through a recent grant to Georgia Tech that includes critical needs-based scholarships for students over the next four years.