OpTeC is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains at Montana State University in scenic Bozeman, Montana. The 1,170-acre campus supports an enrollment of about 11,000 students from all 50 states and many foreign countries. The university employs approximately 600 resident faculty members; many staff members hold joint appointments with affiliated research organizations.

Bozeman, located in a beautiful valley in southwestern Montana, offers a network of rivers, lakes and mountains making the town a veritable year-round recreational paradise. Nearby attractions include Yellowstone National Park and two ski resorts Big Sky Ski Resort and Bridger Bowl Ski Area. Montana is renowned not just for its "blue ribbon" fishing, but for the entire outdoor experience it yields. Fish legendary rivers like the Madison, Gallatin, Yellowstone, Big Hole, Missouri or great reservoirs like Canyon Ferry, Fort Peck, Georgetown or the naturally formed Flathead Lake. Montana is home to many fish species, from the prehistoric paddlefish to wild trout.

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