OVERVIEW AND FACILITIES
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a public research university in the University Heights neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Centrally located in the New York metropolitan area, its campus is within walking distance of Downtown Newark. New York City, 9 miles (14.5 km) and under 30 minutes away, is directly accessible from campus via rapid transit. NJIT is New Jersey's Science & Technology University. Among other activities, it operates The Enterprise Development Center (EDC), one of the larger tech-oriented business incubators in the country.
NJIT offers 50 undergraduate (Bachelor of Science/Arts) majors and 65 graduate (Masters and PhD) programs. Via its Honors College it also offers professional programs in Health care and Law in collaboration with nearby institutions including Rutgers Medical School, and Seton Hall Law School.As of May 2018 NJIT‘s faculty and alumni include a Turing Award winner (2011), a Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics winner (2015), 7 members of the National Academy of Engineering,5 members of the National Academy of Inventors, 1 member of the National Academy of Sciences, an astronaut, a National Medal of Technology winner, a Congressional Gold Medal winner,and multiple IEEE medalists. To date NJIT graduates have won 5 Goldwaters, 3 Fullbrights, a Truman and a Whitaker.
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 borders NJIT's.With a student population that is 15% international, 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.