NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

• New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a public research polytechnic university that focuses its students on careers relating to modern technology. It is also a land and sea grant institution, located on a 45 acre campus in downtown Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, and is a 20 minute ride away from New York City.
• NJIT has a total student enrolment of over 12,000 and offers 128 degree programs across six schools: Newark College of Engineering, Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Ying Wu College of Computing, College of Science and Liberal Arts, Martin Tuchman School of Management, and Albert Dorman Honors College.
• As a leader among the nation’s 32 research polytechnic universities, NJIT’s multidisciplinary curriculum and computing-intensive approach provide the technological proficiency, business know-how and leadership skills that future CEOs and entrepreneurs need to succeed. NJIT is one of only 131 universities rated an “R1” research university by the Carnegie Classification®, which indicates the highest level of research activity. NJIT conducts more than $155 million in research activity each year. The university is recognized as being a center for technological research and innovation, with current research projects underway into everything from cyber security and smart materials to neural prosthetics and wearable robots.
• NJIT is also home to the Van Houten Library and the Barbara and Leonard Littman Library for Architecture. New Jersey’s largest high technology and life science business incubator, owned by the university, is located in its Enterprise Development Centre. Comprising 90 member companies, it employs around 400 people and generates millions of dollars in third-party funding and revenues, offering students great opportunities to start career training from the first year through research, internships, OPT, and Co-Ops.