New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology (subsuming the Newark College of Engineering) is a public research university in urban 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 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 New Jersey School of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and St. George's University in Granada.
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.
NJIT is an active participant in the use of Internet2.
Athletics
The NJIT athletic teams are known as the Highlanders, and the school colors are red and white, with navy. NJIT's athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division I level and are members of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
NJIT's mascot is the Highlander.