(subsuming the '''Newark College of Engineering''') is a public research
University in
Newark ,
New Jersey . NJIT offers 100 degree programs in 27 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate specialties.
The school opened as the Newark Technical School in
1884 with 88 students. As of
2003 , there are 8,800 students, 1,400 who live in one of the school's four dormitories.
The current president, Dr.
Robert A. Altenkirch , was inaugurated on
May 2 ,
2003 . He succeeded Saul K. Fenster, who was named the university’s sixth president in
1978 .
New Jersey Institute of Technology is now home to the Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey School of Architecture, School of Management, Albert Dorman Honors College, College of Science and Liberal Arts, and College of Computing Sciences.
The school offers the only NAAB-accredited bachelor's degree in architecture in the state of New Jersey.
It offers combined programs in medicine with the
University Of Medicine And Dentistry Of New Jersey and
St. George's University in
Grenada .
The university is known foremost for its research capabilities ranging from the fields of
Stem Cell Research to
Nanotechnology to solar physics and
Polymer Science . The school also specializes in the research of
Smart Gun technology, and has trademarked the term
Virtual Classroom and was the first to obtain then retain
Yahoo! 's "Most Wired University" award.
NJIT is a participating
Internet2 member and held its first
Internet2 Day in 2005.
The
New Jersey Institute Of Technology that we know today has a rich history with its beginnings developing from the industrial age. Like many of the port cities around the world, the
Newark ,
New Jersey of the late 19th century was a thriving industrial center. Its factories churned out
Thread ,
Metal s,
Paint s 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.
At the height of this age of innovation, 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.
The Newark Board of Trade, working jointly with the Newark City Council, launched a feverish 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
1913 .
Under the formidable 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 , but during the lean years of the
Depression and
W.W.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 President s -- 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 . 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.
In
1975 , 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 and the opening of NJIT's first , the College of Science and Liberal Arts in
1982 and the School of Industrial Management in
1988 . The Albert Dorman Honors College was established in
1994 , and the newest school, the College of Computing Sciences, was created in
2001 .
Logo ]]In
2003 , the launch of the New Campus Center, now called the Student Center, on the site of the former Hazell Hall centralized campus social events. Construction of a new
Atrium ,
Bookstore , Information Desk, Dining Hall,
Computer Lab , and new student organization offices continued into 2004.
In , "NJIT - New Jersey's Science and Technology University - The Edge in Knowledge", was launched to NJIT’s unique position as
New Jersey 's preeminent science-and-technology-focused research university.
The university has 5,263
Undergraduate students, 2,795
Graduate Students , over 10,000
Continuing Education students, 423 full-time faculty, and 76 part-time faculty. The male-to-female student ratio is 3:1. Social life and political activity generally take a back seat to academics on campus, despite the administration's ongoing efforts to invigorate campus life.
The university's former professor
Lillian Moller Gilbreth is widely acknowledged as the founder of Industrial Management which built on "
Scientific Management " methods to produce the modern kitchen layout and
Ergonomics .
The university is known foremost for its research capabilities in many fields, especially ,
California , and operates the Owens Valley Solar Array, near
Bishop ,
California .
NJIT has a non-degree Theater and Theater Arts program in cooperation with .
NJIT's sports teams are called the
Highland ers. The school colors are red and white, with navy. The mascot is the Highlander. NJIT's athletic teams compete in the
NCAA as members of
NCAA Division II ,
NCAA Division III , the
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference , and the
Eastern College Athletic Conference . NJIT is in the process of reclassification from
NCAA Division II to
NCAA Division I .
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