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NJIT Rises to No. 80 in U.S. News National University Rankings

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has climbed to No. 80 — its highest-ever placement — in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best National Universities rankings, continuing its steady ascent among the nation’s leading institutions. The new placement marks a four-spot rise from last year ...

NJIT, with $5M from the NSF, Will Develop Robotic System to Speed Disaster Recovery

Monday, September 22nd, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a cooperative agreement worth $5 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a self-assembling robotic conveyor system to improve the rebuilding of infrastructure, particularly after disasters. Inspired by the behavior of b...

NJIT's Fall Career Fair Connects Thousands of Students with Employers

Friday, September 19th, 2025
More than 3,300 students and alumni filled the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center and Naimoli Tennis Center on Sept. 17 for NJIT’s Fall 2025 Career Fair, one of the largest STEM-focused career fairs in the region. Nearly 240 organizations — spanning engineering, computing, architectur...

NJIT's STEM Success Academy Propels Students Toward Engineering Futures

Thursday, September 11th, 2025
When the vessel “King Gizzard” lined up for the final round of NJIT’s STEM Success Academy boat race, the stakes weren’t high in the traditional sense — just a stream of air and a small plastic boat floating on a narrow water track in NJIT’s Makerspace. But what was at play was far bigger: creativit...

Coming Soon to NJIT: National Robotics Competition

Friday, August 29th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a national robotics competition next month at its Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center. About 1,000 high school students from eight states — including New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania — and Canada will vie for prizes and the ...

NJIT Alumnus Lands Verizon Engineering Role, While Staying Enrolled for M.S.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Most people finish college and then look for full-time employment or enroll in graduate school, but Don Bonifacio did both and is constantly challenging himself to learn new things. Bonifacio graduated in May from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a B.S. in computer engineering and was a memb...

Nefferty Santiago's Journey from NJIT to Top 50 Women Leaders of New York City

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Nefferty Santiago ’95, ’99 still remembers her first days at NJIT as part of the Educational Opportunity Program’s (EOPs) eight-week academic bootcamp, which introduced her to the rigors of academic life.  “Coming from a small all-girls Catholic high school in Union City, attending NJIT was a ...

Money Magazine Rates NJIT Top Public University in NJ

Monday, August 18th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) earned the second-highest rating in Money’s 2025 list of the best universities in the U.S. At 4 ½ stars, NJIT is tied for the highest rated public institution and trails only Princeton University in New Jersey. NJIT is also featured in Money’s national list...

Simulations Unlock Secrets of Blood Vessel Growth

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
This story is republished from NSF Access Science Stories, and is authored by Kimberly Mann Bruch, SDSC, and co-authored by Jack Imel, University of Alaska Southeast undergraduate student. Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the University of Florida have made a groundbreak...

NJIT: Premier Polytechnic and Princeton Review Best College Since 1992

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
The Princeton Review continues to recognize New Jersey Institute of Technology as one of the best universities in the U.S. NJIT is featured in this year’s edition of the educational services company’s guide, The Best 391 Colleges. Just 15% of all four-year colleges and universities made the guide, ...