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NJIT@JerseyCity Officially Launched with Expectation of Rapid Growth (From left): Edward J. Bishof, Sr., senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer; Fadi P. Deek ’85, ’86, ’97, provost and senior executive vice president, NJIT; Craig Gotsman, dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, NJIT; Joel S. Bloom, president, NJIT; Jordan Hu ’89, founder/ chief executive officer, RiskVal Financial Solutions, LLC and member of the NJIT Board of Trustees; and Andrew P. Christ P.E. ’94, ’01, senior vice president for real estate development and capital operations, NJIT.
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JIT welcomed 35 data science students to its newly opened NJIT@ JerseyCity location in the fall semester, with a goal of doubling that number in the spring and reaching 500 students in three years, Ying Wu College of Computing Dean Craig Gotsman said at the ribboncutting ceremony held December 5 at the new location. Gotsman said the current students are primarily working professionals in the finance and tech industries from companies located in Jersey City and also in New York City. Hudson County quickly became a technology hub following the September11
NJIT Signs Three Agreements to Collaborate with Chinese University
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eijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and NJIT are now partners in education. The institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), as well as two other agreements involving NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), October 25 in Beijing. Joel S. Bloom, 4 2019 President’s Report
attacks and was bolstered again after Hurricane Sandy. NJIT@JerseyCity currently offers a master’s degree in data science, as well as graduate certificates in big data and data mining, with plans to add a graduate certificate in data visualization in spring 2020. Non-credit data science accelerator programs are also expected to be offered in the spring. All current students are studying part-time, but Gotsman envisions the location will soon have options for full-time students. Future plans also include graduate programs in cybersecurity. n
NJIT president, and Jianyong Qiao, BUPT president, represented their respective universities, along with faculty and staff, at the signing. The MOU, effective for five years from the signing date, covers multiple areas for potential collaboration between NJIT and BUPT. These include research partnerships, summer and study abroad programs and the exchange of students, faculty, scholars, staff, and teaching and academic materials and publications. The first agreement with MTSM provides a path for master’s students in BUPT’s School of Economics and Management to
NJIT, Ocean County College Expand and Renew Transfer Agreement
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new two-year agreement between Ocean County College and New Jersey Institute of Technology allows OCC graduates to transfer directly into NJIT colleges. The agreement went into effect on October 4, 2019 and covers NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts, Newark College of Engineering, Martin Tuchman School of Management, and Ying Wu College of Computing. To be admitted to NJIT, students from Ocean County College must be in good standing and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5. Students transferring into the computing college are required to have a minimum GPA of 2.8. Administrators at both NJIT and Ocean County College said they expect students to complete their bachelor’s degree requirements within two and a half years of starting full-time study at NJIT. NJIT and OCC previously worked together, in 2016, to admit transfer students for selected majors. n
earn degrees from both BUPT and NJIT. A 1+1 program will enable students to come to NJIT for a year after one year of study at BUPT and, after completing the required curriculum, receive an M.S. in management from each university. Students can qualify for an M.S. from BUPT and an MBA from NJIT with one year of study at BUPT and one and a half years at NJIT. Under the second MTSM agreement, BUPT students (primarily undergraduates) will have the opportunity to take part in a 10- to 15-day program at NJIT offering IBM Blockchain training and visits to businesses in the New York/New Jersey area. These two programs are expected to help boost enrollment and promote both NJIT and the MTSM in China, the largest source of international students in the U.S. n njit.edu
