Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and New Jersey's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 69,000 students and 22,500 full- and part-time faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and worldwide.
As the premier comprehensive public research university in the state's system of higher education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has the threefold mission of
- Providing for New Jersey's citizens' instructional needs through its undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs.
- Conducting the cutting-edge research that contributes to the medical, environmental, social, and cultural well-being of the state and aiding the economy and the state's businesses and industries.
- Performing public service in support of the needs of the citizens of the state and its local, county, and state governments.
As the University of New Jersey®, Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence, conducting research that breaks new ground, and providing services, solutions, and clinical care that help individuals and the local, national, and global communities where they live.
First-year undergraduate seminars with leading scholars. Executive M.B.A. learning experiences in Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai. Groundbreaking health science research that improves the way we live. Our academic excellence is built on a core foundation in the arts and sciences in areas as diverse as biostatistics and childhood studies.
At Rutgers, academics are about personal achievement, cutting-edge discovery, and community involvement, with students and lifelong learners selecting from a stunningly diverse array of possibilities. Learn, discover, serve others.
At Rutgers, 29 schools and colleges serve students seeking an undergraduate education, professional studies, and graduate degrees, providing personalized courses of study within the breadth of offerings of a major research university.
Mentoring. Collaboration. Innovation. With more than 19,000 graduate and professional students worldwide, Rutgers is a leading research university in one of the world's great metropolitan regions. Graduate students who come to Rutgers find professors who challenge and inspire, peers who support and encourage, and the resources that help students achieve their specific advanced-study goals.
Rutgers is home to some of the world's top graduate programs and research centers with specializations in areas as diverse as microbiology, jazz, food science, spinal cord injury, printmaking, autism, regenerative medicine, marine, and coastal sciences, macromolecular structures, turfgrass science, philosophy, theatrical fight choreography, dentistry, and women's history.
The university's continuing education offerings encompass everything from intimate workshops in poetry writing to intensive certificate programs for business leaders. Art history, politics, digital technology—whatever your interest, is likely a course available through Rutgers programs for lifelong learners and other noncredit offerings. Registration varies by program.
You already know it's never too late to go back to school, whether you are returning after some time away, pursuing a degree part-time, or seeking a second undergraduate degree. But also know you've never been more welcomed—welcomed with flexible scheduling, online course options, classes close to home, and programs and support for adult learners that make it possible to take credit courses while keeping up with life's responsibilities.
Financing your education is not always easy, and we are here to help you find the resources to attend Rutgers—a major public research university known for providing a world-class education at a reasonable cost.
The Center for Online and Hybrid Learning and Instructional Technologies (COHLIT) is an academic unit of the Division of Continuing Studies, reporting to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. It was founded to support the rapidly expanding areas of fully online and hybrid learning at Rutgers. Though initially focused on the eCollege/Pearson LearningStudio platform, the Center's mission has more recently expanded to serve faculty and students on all major Learning Management Systems in use at Rutgers.
You have it all when you choose Rutgers—a major public research university with more than 150 undergraduate majors and more than 200 graduate degree programs, a terrific location in the heart of the Northeast, and an international reputation as a top-100 world university.
Rutgers' $712 million in annual research and development expenditures place us among the nation's top public universities. Rutgers' R&D expenditures exceed those of all other New Jersey colleges and universities combined.
Thousands of Rutgers researchers are engaged daily in the deep and thoughtful task of investigation. Armed with creativity, patience, perception, and insight, they uncover new facts, advancing the world's understanding of itself.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is entrenched in a culture of research, innovation, and invention that is a hallmark of the American academic experience.
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