History
Founding and early years
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has a history dating back to the 19th century. Originally introduced from Essex County on March 24, 1880, and revised with input from the Newark Board of Trade in 1881, an act of the New Jersey State Legislature essentially drew up a contest to determine which municipality would become home to the state's urgently needed technical school. The challenge was straightforward: the state would stake "at least $3,000 and not more than $5,000" and the municipality that matched the state's investment would earn the right to establish the new school.{{citation needed, date=December 2017 The Newark Board of Trade, working jointly with the Newark City Council, launched a campaign to win the new school. Dozens of the city's industrialists, along with other private citizens, eager for a work force resource in their home town, threw their support behind the fund-raiser. By 1884, the collaboration of the public and private sectors produced success. Newark Technical School was ready to open its doors. The first 88 students, mostly evening students, attended classes in a rented building at 21 West Park Street. Soon the facility became inadequate to house an expanding student body. To meet the needs of the growing school, a second fund-raiser—the institution's first capital campaign—was launched to support the construction of a dedicated building for Newark Technical School. In 1886, under the leadership of the school's dynamic first director, Dr. Charles A. Colton, the cornerstone was laid at the intersection of High Street and Summit Place for the three-story building later to be named Weston Hall, in honor of the institution's early benefactor. A laboratory building, later to be called Colton Hall, was added to the campus in 1911.Becoming Newark College of Engineering
Dr. Allan R. Cullimore led the institution from 1920 to 1949, transforming Newark Technical School into Newark College of Engineering (name adopted in 1930). Campbell Hall was erected in 1925, but due to the Depression andBecoming New Jersey Institute of Technology
With the addition of the New Jersey School of Architecture in 1973, the institution had evolved into a technological university, emphasizing a broad range of graduate and undergraduate degrees and dedicated to significant research and public service. President William Hazell, Jr., felt that the name of the school should clearly communicate this dynamic evolution. Alumni were solicited for suggestions to rename the institution, with the winning suggestion coming from Joseph M. Anderson '25. Anderson's suggestion – New Jersey Institute of Technology – cogently emphasized the increasing scope of educational and research initiatives at a preeminent New Jersey university. The Board of Trustees approved the transition to the new name in September 1974, and Newark College of Engineering officially became New Jersey Institute of Technology on January 1, 1975. Anderson received the personal congratulations of President Hazell. At that time, the Newark College of Engineering name was retained for NJIT's engineering school. The establishment of a residential campus and the opening of NJIT's firstRecent history
On May 2, 2003 Robert A. Altenkirch was inaugurated as president. He succeeded Saul K. Fenster, who was named the university's sixth president in 1978. Altenkirch retired in 2011 and on January 9, 2012, NJIT Trustees named Joel Bloom president. In 2003 the opening of the new Campus Center on the site of the former Hazell Hall centralized campus social events. Construction of a newAcademics
Admissions
The admission criteria consists of: * High school academic record * Standardized test scores (SAT or ACT scores) * Class rank * Portfolio: Applicants to the Architecture, Digital Design, Industrial Design, and Interior Design majors are required to submit a portfolio of their creative work. The average SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshmen in fall 2021 is 1307.{{cite web, title = Office of Institutional Effectiveness; Institutional data, Enrollment page 1 , url= https://www.njit.edu/oie/institutional-data, access-date = August 28, 2022 The average SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshmen in the Honors College in fall 2021 is 1496. The minimum SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshmen in the accelerated BS/MD program – run in combination withRankings
{{Infobox US university ranking , ARWU_N = 158-174 , THE_WSJ = 177 , QS_USA = 90 , USNWR_NU = 97 , Forbes = 75 , Wamo_NU = 101 , QS_W = 651-700 , THES_W = 501–600 , USNWR_W = 813 , ARWU_W = 701-800 * In May of 2022 NJIT was ranked 14th in money.com's list of the 25 best colleges in the US. * In the 2021 edition of the QS World University Ranking USA, NJIT was ranked 90th (2-way tie) out of the 352 US Institutions listed (more than 750 considered). * In the 2020 edition of the QS World University Rankings: USA, NJIT was ranked 74th. The ranking listed 302 US institutions. * In April 2018 Forbes ranked NJIT #1 in the country in upward mobility defined in terms of moving students from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top fifth. * In ''U.S. News''{{' 2018 online rankings, four of NJIT's suite of on-line graduate programs were ranked among the best 100 in the country, including its information technology programs, which were ranked 17th. * In Payscale's 2017 College ROI Report, which covers 1833 institutions, NJIT ranked 27th and 42nd for return on investment, based on in-state and out-of-state tuition respectively. * NJIT placed 133rd out of 662 universities in the US in ''R&D expenditures'' in 2016 by theColleges and schools
Comprising five colleges and one school, the university is organized into 21 departments, three of which, Biological Sciences, History, and Theater Arts are federated with Rutgers-Newark whose campus abuts NJIT's. With a student population that is 13.5% international, 26.3% black or Hispanic, and 19.8% Asian, NJIT is among the most ethnically diverse national universities in the country. It has multiple study abroad options along with extensive co-op, internship, and service opportunities.Newark College of Engineering (NCE)
Newark College of Engineering, which was established in 1919, is one of the oldest and largest professional engineering schools in the United States. It offers 13 undergraduate degree programs, 16 master's and 10 doctoral degree programs. Undergraduate enrollment is more than 2,500, and more than 1,100 are enrolled in graduate study. The 150-member faculty includes engineers and scholars who are widely recognized in their fields. An estimated one in four professional engineers in the State of New Jersey are NCE alumni. The NCE has more 40,000 living alumni.College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA)
The College of Science and Liberal Arts was formed in 1982. It was originally known as the Third College having been preceded by Newark College of Engineering and the New Jersey School of Architecture. In 1986 its name was changed to the College of Science and Liberal Arts as a result of a more sharply defined mission and direction. Growing steadily ever since, CSLA has spawned two of NJIT's colleges: the Albert Dorman Honors College, which evolved out of the Honors Program that was founded in CSLA in 1985, and the College of Computing Sciences, which developed out of CSLA's Computer and Information Science Department. Today the college consists of six academic departments: * Biological Sciences * Chemistry and Environmental Science * Federated History * Humanities * Mathematical Sciences * Physics CSLA also houses: * Department of Aerospace Studies * Rutgers/NJIT Theatre Arts Program * Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science * Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics * Center for Solar Research * Big Bear Solar Observatory * Owens Valley Solar ArrayJ. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD)
The College of Architecture and Design houses the School of Architecture (SoA) and the School of Art and Design. The college offers undergraduate degrees in architecture, digital design, industrial design, and interior design as well as graduate degrees in architecture, infrastructure planning, and urban systems. HCAD is the only college at NJIT to have its own designated library. The library contains materials related to the majors offered in HCAD in the form of periodicals, reference materials, rare books, visual materials (i.e. architectural drawings, prints, postcards, maps, etc.), digital databases, and a materials library. The college offers a pre-college summer program for high school students.Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC)
Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences (YWCC)
The Computer Science department, part of the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences, is the largest at NJIT, comprising more than one fifth of the student population. It is also the largest computer science department among all research universities in the New York metropolitan area. The department offers a full range of degree programs in computer science (BA/BS, MS and PhD), in addition to emerging interdisciplinary programs: Telecommunication (MS), Bioinformatics (BS/MS), and Computing and Business (BS/MS). The Bioinformatics degree is also available in a pre-med option. In December 2019, the school opened a satellite site inMartin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM)
The Martin Tuchman School of Management was established in 1988 and wasResearch
NJIT's R&D expenditures were $142 million in 2017 and $162 million in 2018. Areas of focus includeLibraries and archives supporting research
NJIT's Main Library, The Robert W. Van Houten Library, is located in the Central Avenue Building, a facility for quiet and group study, researching, and browsing print and online sources. Since 1997 the Van Houten Information Commons has housed 120 computer workstations. The Barbara and Leonard Littman Library for Architecture and Design is located in Weston Hall. It houses a core collection that includes print and electronic books, journals, maps, drawings, models, e-images, materials samples, and over 70,000 slides. Included among NJIT's information resources are the university's historical archive including items developed and manufactured byResidence life
Living: on-campus
About 80% of NJIT students commute to campus. The Residence Life (on-campus) community currently includes a little over 2,500 students. There are six residence halls on the NJIT campus. Redwood Hall, constructed in 1978, was the first, followed by Cypress, Oak, and Laurel (constructed in 1997 and extended in 1999). Cypress and Redwood are primarily used for freshman students, while Laurel and Oak house upperclassmen. The fifth, Warren Street Village, which opened in the fall of 2013, provides housing for Dorman Honors College students and several Greek houses which together provide space for about 600 students. The Warren Street Village also houses the Albert Dorman Honors College itself. A sixth dorm hall, Maple Hall, which accommodates 500 students opened in the Fall of 2022.Living: off-campus
A new almost-on-campus resident hall known as University Centre (run byStudent newspaper
''The Vector'' is an independent weekly student newspaper published by the students of NJIT, originally established in 1924. It has both on-line and print versions. The tabloid print edition has an estimated circulation of 3,000{{cite web, url=http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/30/1735/3866 , title=NJIT Vector , publisher=Modo Times The Worldwide Media Directory , access-date=2009-04-28 from on-campus distribution and a readership of approximately 9,000. ''The Vector'' won the Honor Rating of First Class from the Associated Collegiate Press in 1989–1990. The Vector is a current member of the Associated Collegiate Press. ''The Vector'' won two awards in the New Jersey Press Foundation's 2019-2020 awards, scoring a second place win for Arts & Entertainment writing and third place for General Excellence.Athletics
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NJIT sponsors 20 varsity sports teams including 19Sports and Recreational Facilities
In recent years NJIT has extensively added to and upgraded its sports and recreation facilities. In 2017 it opened theNotable alumni
Since its founding in 1881, NJIT has issued degrees to more than 77,000 graduates. NJIT alumni have gone on to pursue distinguished careers in many sectors.Faculty and administrators at other universities
*Business and industry
* Albert Dorman (class of 1945, Hon ScD 1999) founder and chairman (ret) ofMilitary, politics and government
*Science and engineering
* Sara Del Valle, (class of 2001), mathematical epidemiologist at theEntertainment
* Rashia Fisher,Sports
* Raymond E. Blum (class of 1950),Notable faculty
University presidents
*Faculty and administrators at NJIT
*See also
* '' The Vector'' – student newspaper * NJIT Capstone Program * 2007–08 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team *Footnotes
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