Overview
A global, private institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 15,000 students on campuses in North America, China, the Middle East, and online. Since 1955, NYIT has pursued its mission to:
- Provide career-oriented professional education
- Give all qualified students access to opportunity
- Support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world
NYIT is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and:
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
- American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission
- American Osteopathic Association
- The American Dietetic Association
- Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
- Council for Interior Design Accreditation
- National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
- The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Location & Facilities
It has 2 main campuses in Old westbury and Manhattanin New York state.
Global campuses: Abu Dhabi, UAE; Amman, Jordan; Manama, Bahrain; Nanjing, China; Vancouver, Canada.
There are five residence halls. All NYIT residence halls are supervised by full-time professionally trained residential staff and resident assistants. A shuttle service is provided seven days a week to get you back and forth to campus. Nestled among more than a hundred wooded and landscaped acres, NYIT's Dorothy and Alexander Schure Old Westbury campus looks and feels like a private estate. In fact, the campus comprises several former North Shore estates.
Manhattan campus is centrally located within walking distance of Lincoln Center and Central Park, easily accessible via subway and bus, and close to the city’s best concert halls, theaters, museums, libraries, and restaurants.