Chicago ORT Technical Institute, located in Skokie, Illinois, was part of a 130-year-old, worldwide network of more than 800 non-profit vocational training schools.

Chicago ORT Technical Institute was a nonprofit organization offering training programs in the following fields: Information Technology, Health Care, Graphic and Web Design and Accounting and English as a Second Language.

All three were post-secondary technical vocational schools dedicated to providing technology-based education that includes certificate, Associate and bachelor's degrees, and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction in the ORT tradition.

Chicago ORT Technical Institute was licensed by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to operate and to grant associate degrees.

The school contained laboratories, general-purpose classrooms, a learning resource center, a student lounge area, and administrative offices.

To apply for admission to Chicago ORT Technical Institute, applicants had to be high school graduates, possess a GED or equivalent, and should have reached compulsory age.

Advisors assisted students with job hunting skills: resume and cover letter writing, necessary interviewing abilities and much more.