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The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. NJIT is New Jersey's Science & Technology University. 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 public transit.

Founded in 1881 with the support of local industrialists and inventors, especially Edward Weston (334 US Patents), NJIT opened as Newark Technical School in 1884. Application oriented, it grew into a classic engineering college – Newark College of Engineering (NCE) – and then, with the addition of a School of Architecture in 1973, into a polytechnic university that is now home to five colleges and one school with 28 departments in total ; three of which, Biological Sciences, History and Theater Arts & Technology, are federated with neighboring Rutgers-Newark.

NJIT offers 52 undergraduate (Bachelor of Science/Arts) majors and 82 graduate (Masters and PhD) programs. Fields of study include engineering, applied mathematics, biology, nanotechnology, computer science, architecture, management and solar physics. Via its Honors College it also offers professional degree programs in collaboration with nearby institutions including ones in medicine (M.D.), with New Jersey Medical School (Rutgers), and law (JD), with Seton Hall Law School.

With a student population that is almost 20% international, NJIT consistently ranks among the 10 most ethnically diverse national universities in the country. About 2,200 of its almost 11,000 students live on campus. It has multiple study abroad options along with extensive co-op, internship, and service opportunities. According to PayScale (2015–16) NJIT ranks 19th among Engineering Schools and 34th among Research Universities in the US by Salary Potential.

NJIT operates numerous laboratories and research centers including the Big Bear Solar Observatory (optical) and the Owens Valley Solar Array (radio). . Its NSF funding exceeded $107 million in 2013. A leader in the graduate education of students that are underrepresented in STEM fields, it has participated in the McNair Scholars Program since 1999. A key facilator in regional economic development, NJIT is home to the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), an on-campus business incubator that houses over 90 start-ups, and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII).

NJIT is Land-grant university, a Sea-grant college, and a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. The NJIT "Highlanders" field 20 varsity teams, most of whom compete in the NCAA-Division I Atlantic Sun Conference.



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NJIT is categorized as a high research activity (RU/H) university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

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Areas of focus include: applied mathematics, materials science, biomedical engineering, signal processing, transportation planning, and solar physics

An early leader in distance learning – it trademarked the term "Virtual Classroom" – NJIT offers a wide range of on-line courses and degrees.

NJIT opened with 88 students. As of fall 2014, the university enrolls more than 10,600 students, Architecturally significant buildings include Eberhardt Hall, the Campus Center, and the Central King Building – in the Collegiate Gothic style – which is being renovated into a STEM center. Planned facilities include a Wellness & Events Center that will house a 3,500-seat venue for social and sporting events.

HISTORY (a rewrite in progress)

Hamiltonian Roots (Background)

New Jersey Institute of Technology has roots and traditions that reach deep into the industrial history of the United States. In 1791 Governor William Paterson of New Jersey granted an operating charter to Alexander Hamilton’s “Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures” (S.U.M.) - the first state-sponsored private corporation in America - which then purchased 700 acre of land at the Great Falls (77ft / 23m) of the Passaic River in Paterson - the town’s name having been part of the negotiations. This event launched large-scale (initially water-powered) manufacture in America. More importantly, as Hamilton intended, it helped launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Thanks to water power, and a cadre of very competent (mostly immigrant) engineers who harnessed it, Paterson became a major manufacturing hub, producing first textiles and then a variety of products which by the 1830s included locomotives  , revolvers , and paper  , and by the 1860s & 70s silk ,  steel  , and submarines.

Along with Paterson, other cities in New Jersey with water resources, notably Newark (also on the Passaic River),  Elizabeth  , Camden   , and Trenton   became centers of manufacture and innovation. The associated demand for workers – especially those with technical skills - was filled mostly by immigrants, especially Germans, English, Irish, and Scots. The skilled-labor shortfalls continued however and by the 1860’s the state’s industrialists were already lobbying for the establishment of publicly-funded technical schools.

Founding In 1881, an act of the New Jersey State Legislature authorized schools in Newark, Hoboken, and Trenton on a shared-funding basis. Thanks to the strong support of its industrial and civic leaders, Newark, which was already at the forefront in public education - The city’s first public high school opened in 1838 - was the first to respond. Founded in the same year (1881), Newark Technical School – the future NJIT - opened its doors in 1884 to 88 students.

In no small measure Newark was the ideal setting for a public institution that would make major contributions to economic, technological, and social progress. By 1881, the city’s rail  and transportation  resources, which included the Morris Canal,  were among the best in the nation. It was home to an exceptionally wide range of industries. Among the hundreds of products that flowed out of the city’s factories were leather goods, iron castings, jewelry, steam engines, clothing, furniture, clocks, precision instruments, machine parts, and a variety of chemicals and dyes. (By 1890 Newark ranked fourth in the nation in the manufacture of chemicals.) At the same time Newark’s breweries and cider mills were among the most productive in the country. It was also (and remains) home to several large insurance companies.

A center of innovation, Newark saw inventions as diverse as patent leather, malleable iron, celluloid (movie film), zinc electroplating and the Baxter steam engine. In the year 1873 alone more than a hundred patents were issued to people living or doing business in Newark. In 1871 Thomas Edison set up his first laboratory and workshop on Ward Street where he produced stock tickers and worked on the Quadruplex telegraph, and the Electric pen. Nearby, his competitor, Dr. Edward Weston, (334 US patents) started several companies whose products included dynamos, electrical instruments, arc lamps, and light bulbs. The number of manufacturing plants in the city increased from about 750 in 1860 to some 1600 by the end of the 19th century. Nearly 30 of these companies were engaged in the manufacture of products fundamental to the new age of electricity. Itself a product of the city’s public spirit and drive, Newark Technical School would be intimately involved with that drive - especially in the person of Dr. Weston - from the very start.