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New Jersey Institute of Technology

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NJIT is New Jersey's Science and Technology University. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in areas such as engineering, architecture and design, science and math, business and management, and the computing sciences.

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The New Jersey Institute of Technology that we know today has a rich history with its beginnings developing from the industrial age. Newark in the late 19th century was a thriving industrial center. Its factories churned out thread, metals, paints and leather goods. In Newark, Thomas Edison set the stage at his Ward Street factory for his later astounding achievements, and Edison rival Edward Weston established the first factory in the United States for commercial production of dynamo electric machines.
On March 24, 1880, the Essex County Assemblyman in the state legislature introduced “An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Schools of Industrial Education.” The Newark Board of Trade sponsored the bill. The Act established three schools of industrial education: one in Newark, one in Trenton, and one in Hoboken. The first Board of Trustees met on July 1, 1884. The Newark Technical School opened on Monday, February 9, 1885 with 88 students who attended despite a terrible snowstorm.

The first classes were held 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 fundraiser—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 1913. Daniel Hodgdon served as the director of Newark Technical School from 1918 to 1920.

Under Dr. Allan R. Cullimore, who led the institution from 1920 to 1949, the modest Newark Technical School was transformed into the robust Newark College of Engineering. Campbell Hall was erected in 1925. During the lean years of the Depression and World War II, only the former Newark Orphan Asylum, now Eberhardt Hall, was purchased and renovated by the college.

The post-war period was one of enormous activity during which President Cullimore—like today’s post-Cold War university presidents—challenged the college to turn “war-time thinking into peace-time thinking.” In 1946, about 75 percent of the freshman class had served in the armed forces. Robert W. Van Houten was acting president of NJIT from 1947 until 1950 when the board of trustees named him president. Cullimore Hall was built in 1958 and two years later the old Weston Hall was razed and replaced with the current seven-story structure. Doctoral level programs were introduced and six years later, in 1966, an 18-acre, four-building expansion was completed. William Hazell succeeded Dr. Van Houten as president of NJIT in 1970.

In 1973, with the addition of the New Jersey School of Architecture, the institution had evolved into a technological university, emphasizing a broad range of graduate and undergraduate degrees and dedication to significant research and public service. A stronger-than-ever Newark College of Engineering remained intact, but a new university name—New Jersey Institute of Technology—signified the institution’s expanded mission.

A broadened mission called for the creation of a residential campus. The opening of NJIT's first dormitory, Redwood Hall, in 1979 began a period of steady growth that continues today. Under the leadership of Saul K. Fenster, who served as president of NJIT from 1978 to 2002, four new schools were established at the university: The College of Science and Liberal Arts in 1982; the School of Management in 1988; Albert Dorman Honors College in 1994; and the College of Computing Sciences in 2001. During the administration of Robert A. Altenkirch, New Jersey School of Architecture was reconstituted as the College of Architecture and Design in 2008.

Mission

NJIT is the state's technological research university, committed to the pursuit of excellence--

in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional education, preparing students for productive careers and amplifying their potential for lifelong personal and professional growth;
in the conduct of research with emphasis on applied, interdisciplinary efforts encompassing architecture, the sciences, including the health sciences, engineering, mathematics, transportation and infrastructure systems, information and communications technologies;
in contributing to the state's economic development through the state's largest business incubator system, workforce development, joint ventures with government and the business community, and through the development of intellectual property;
in service to both its urban environment and the broader society of the state and nation by conducting public policy studies, making educational opportunities widely available, and initiating community-building projects

Address: 323 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Phone: (973) 596-3000
State: New Jersey
Zip Code: 07102



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A school that gave me a chance to learn and grow into a professional that I am today. I'm forever grateful, if you are determined to work hard and prove yourself to the world this place will give you a shot and give you tools to succeed.
7 years ago (10-01-2018)
The school is over rated. many professors are racist because they think that a black student is not inteligent and they think white kids know what they are doing. also the bursar office is extremely rude. the bursar office to me quite and ask them for schoolardship and payment plan. also moodle is slow and professor think that you are using that as exuse to not do your work. I regret attending njit
7 years ago (25-01-2018)
I definitely like this school better than Kean University. Tuition is always going up, the academics are not the best and so is the reputation. NJIT is much better than Kean and I have learned alot. As long as you put in the effort, it will be worth it. Believe me.
8 years ago (24-11-2017)
A college that teaches you the cutting edge in tech. Also has some great choices for food like subway, taco bell, a sushi bar and salad station.
8 years ago (26-10-2017)
An institution where you can learn a lot other than your academics..
7 years ago (09-01-2018)
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