Rutgers University
Newark, New jersey
Overview
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was chartered in 1766 as Queen’s College, the eighth institution of higher learning to be founded in the Colonies before the Revolutionary War. Queen’s College opened its doors in New Brunswick in 1771 with one instructor and a handful of students. In 1825 the name of the college was changed to Rutgers to honor the former trustee and Revolutionary War veteran Col. Henry Rutgers. Rutgers College became the land-grant institution of New Jersey in 1864 and, almost 100 years later, after a period of phenomenal growth, was designated the State University of New Jersey in 1945. The University’s Newark campus was created in 1946 when the University of Newark became part of Rutgers. The Graduate School-Newark was established in 1974. In addition to the Graduate School, Rutgers in Newark includes the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Nursing, the Rutgers Business School, the School of Criminal Justice, the School of Law, and University College.
The University’s total enrollment is 47,000 students, of whom 10,000 are in the seven schools and colleges on the Newark campus. The Graduate School-Newark enrolls approximately 1,290 students.
The Location and Community
The Rutgers-Newark campus is conveniently located in the center of a diverse and thriving educational, professional, and cultural community in the downtown area of New Jersey’s largest city. Located just a few minutes from the Newark campus, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center is a major cultural venue for the greater New York and Newark metropolitan areas and has restored Newark’s historic role as the center for arts and culture in New Jersey. Because of its central location, Rutgers-Newark is accessible to a number of major metropolitan areas. New York City can be reached within 20 minutes by train, Philadelphia within an hour by train, and Washington, D.C., within an hour by plane.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The Graduate School-Newark offers programs of study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree in American studies, biology*, chemistry, criminal justice, environmental science*, global affairs, management*, mathematical sciences*, integrative neuroscience, nursing, physics (applied)*, psychology, public administration, and urban systems. It offers programs leading to a master’s degree in American studies, biology*, chemistry, computational biology*, economics, English, environmental geology, environmental science*, global affairs, history*, jazz history and research, liberal studies, nursing, physics (applied)*, political science, public administration, and public health. The asterisks indicate joint/collaborative programs with NJIT and/or UMDNJ.
Other graduate programs available on the Rutgers-Newark campus are master’s programs in criminal justice, government accounting, management, professional accounting, and taxation and a J.D. degree through the School of Law. In general, doctoral students must satisfy the course requirements of their area of concentration, pass comprehensive examinations, present their research in an acceptable dissertation, and defend the dissertation in a public examination. Master’s students pursue a course of study and must pass a comprehensive examination. While the master’s thesis is an option in most programs, in some it is required. Specific requirements for both the doctoral and master’s students are determined by the faculty of each program; additional information about these requirements should be obtained from the appropriate program director.
Opportunities for postdoctoral work are available in behavioral and neural sciences, biology, chemistry, and psychology. These programs also offer collaborative research opportunities for visiting scientists.
Facilities & Resources
Scientific laboratories feature scanning and transmission electron microscopes, a confocal microscope, an automated DNA sequencer, ultracentrifuges, a phosphorimager, scintillation and gamma counters, a solid-phase peptide synthesizer, AVIV circular dichroism spectrophotometer, a time-correlated single photon counting instrument, fluorescence spectrometer, UV-vis NIR spectrometer, 20-MeV electron accelerator, excimer-isotopic carbon dioxide and semiconductor lasers, Auger spectrometer, quadrupole mass spectrometer, Allegra 3-Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging instrument, and much more.
Expenses and Aid
Per-credit tuition (1-11.5 credits) for New Jersey residents is $535 per semester. Twelve credits or more for New Jersey residents is $6,220 per semester. Nonresident per-credit tuition (1-11.5 credits) is $746.70 per semester. Twelve credits or more for nonresidents is $8,760.40 per semester. The full-time college fee (9 credits or more) is $578.75 per semester. The part-time college fee (fewer than 9 credits) is $150 per semester. The full-time computer fee is $125 per semester, and the part-time computer fee ranges from $50 to $95, based on credit hours.
Financial Aid:
University teaching assistantships provide a beginning annual salary of $17,988, remission of tuition, and other benefits. Fellowships and internships supported by federal, state, private, and University funds provide annual stipends of up to $19,000 and generally offer tuition remission. Program directors can provide information about support in their respective programs.
Housing/Living Expenses:
There is limited housing for graduate students in University-operated furnished apartments.
Applications are available upon request from the Office of Graduate and Professional Admission, or they may be downloaded from http://www.gradstudy.rutgers.edu. Applicants may also apply online. The application fee is $50. All programs, except the program in management, require that applicants submit scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE); the management program requires scores on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Programs in biology, chemistry, and psychology require scores on a GRE Subject Test as well as on the GRE General Test. International students and students whose native language is not English must provide scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
By law and by purpose, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is dedicated to serve all people on an equal and nondiscriminatory basis.
Who to Contact
Graduate and Professional Admissions
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
249 University Avenue
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Graduate Departments
• Dr. Steven J. Diner, Dean of the Graduate School and Provost; Dr. Sterling L. Bland, Associate Dean (973-353-5834); Clara G. Bautista, Assistant Dean (973-353-5456); Adriana Afonso, Business Specialist (973-353-5197), and Virgen Reyes, Program Coordinator (973-353-5834; E-mail: gradnwk@newark.rutgers.edu).
• American Studies (M.A., Ph.D.): Dr. Charles Russell (973-353-5279 Ext. 531). Newly established program to train students to become knowledgeable and productive scholars in a wide variety of academic, cultural, and public institutions. The doctoral program’s Academic Profession track and Public Scholarship track each require 72 credits of course work and research, including core courses in the theory of American studies, substantial work in at least two of the six interdisciplinary fields of specialization, and the preparation of a dissertation. The master’s program requires 24 course credits and 6 thesis credits.
• Biology (M.S., Ph.D.): Dr. Edward Bonder (973-353-1047). Research in neuroimmunology, cytoskeleton, signal transduction in animals and plants, computational neurobiology, molecular evolution, marine biology, environmental toxicology, and the parasitology of AIDS. Facilities are available for sophisticated techniques in molecular biology and biochemistry, microbial ecology, microscopic imaging, electron microscopy, woody plant physiology and development, and cell and tissue culture. Financial support is available to qualified candidates. (http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu)
• Chemistry (M.S., Ph.D.): Dr. Phillip Huskey (973-353-5741). M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered on both a part-time and full-time basis in all major divisions of chemistry, including organic, inorganic, analytical, and physical chemistry and biochemistry. Financial support in the form of fellowships or assistantships is available to highly qualified applicants. (http://chemistry.rutgers.edu)
• Computational Biology (M.S.): Dr. Michael Recce, NJIT (973-596-5535); Dr. Doina Ganea, Program Coordinator, Rutgers-Newark (973-353-1162). Joint program offered by NJIT and Rutgers-Newark to address the need for personnel trained in both computer and biological sciences. Applicants with a background in either area gain expertise in the other, as well as take core courses that provide an understanding of computational biology. Areas of specialization are genomics, molecular modeling and drug discovery, computational neuroscience, biostatistics, and physiology. (http://www.njit.edu/old/new/cb)
• Criminal Justice (M.A., Ph.D.): Dr. Mercer Sullivan (973-353-5931). Research: criminal justice theory, policy, and planning; situational crime prevention; community supervision of offenders; sentencing theory; violence; youth gangs; substance abuse and aggression; juvenile justice; organized crime; law and criminal justice; prosecution and the courts; comparative systems; maritime crime; policing; globalization of crime; business and crime. (http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/scj/)
• Economics (M.A.): Dr. Sara J. Markowitz (973-353-5350). Research: transportation safety, financial markets and bubbles, decline of labor unions, household economics, gender differences in the labor market, school choice programs, real estate markets, alcohol and drug use among teenagers, foreign direct investment and the economic transformation of eastern Europe. (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~econnwk/mastersprogram.htm)
• English (M.A.): Dr. Janet Larson (973-353-5279 Ext. 529). Research: medieval, Renaissance, and eighteenth-century literature; Romanticism; Victorian literature; nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and British literature; modernism; contemporary literature; Marxist, postcolonial, and feminist criticism; literature and technology; African-American literature. (http://english-newark.rutgers.edu/)
• Environmental Geology (M.S.): Dr. Alexander Gates (973-353-5034). A collaborative program in environmental geology with the Departments of Geological Sciences of Rutgers-New Brunswick and Civil and Environmental Engineering of NJIT. Research: structural geology, radon, aqueous geochemistry, hydrogeology, stratigraphy, applied geophysics, mineralogy, and petrology. (http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~geology/Programs/Programs-Masters.html)
• Environmental Science (M.S., Ph.D.): Dr. Alexander Gates (973-353-5034). Joint M.S. and Ph.D. program with NJIT. Chemical engineering, coastal processes, ecology, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, and microbiology with emphasis on urban problems. (http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~geology/Programs/Programs-PhD.html)
• Global Affairs (M.S., Ph.D.): Dr. Alexander J. Motyl (973-353-5585). Offerings include an M.S. and a Ph.D. in global affairs. Programs are interdisciplinary, drawing on political science, history, economics, law, business, sociology, and anthropology to study the relationship between globalization and emerging forms of global governance. (http://cgcg.rutgers.edu/cgcg/index.php)
• History (M.A., M.A.T.): Dr. Beryl Satter (973-353-5410 Ext. 36). Joint M.A. and M.A.T. degrees offered with NJIT. American social, cultural, political, intellectual, legal, and diplomatic history; African-American history and the history of women; history of technology, the environment, medicine, and public health; European and American political culture; European history and the histories of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Near and Middle East; world history and comparative economic development. (http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~history/)
• Integrative Neuroscience (Ph.D.): Dr. Ian Creese (Rutgers) (973-353-1080 Ext. 3200). Joint program with Rutgers-Newark and UMDNJ. The program offers specific research training in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience and molecular, cellular, clinical, and systems neuroscience. Research studies can emphasize either human, animal, or computational approaches. (http://ins.rutgers.edu)
• Jazz History and Research (M.A.): Dr. Lewis Porter (973-353-5600 Ext. 30). This unique program prepares students to do research, publishing, and teaching by relying on the renowned Institute of Jazz Studies, the largest jazz library in the world. The required twelve courses focus on historiography and research, including transcribing, musical analysis, archival research, and interviewing. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in any field and basic competence in playing and reading music. (http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/gradnwk/jazz/index.html)
• Liberal Studies (M.A.L.S.): Dr. Nancy Holmstrom (973-353-1397). Conceptual and historical aspects of ethology; social theory; myth, drama, contemporary fiction, and film; bureaucracy; science and technology policy; poetry and criticism; history of philosophy; women’s studies; ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of religion; aesthetics; history of ideas from antiquity to the twenty-first century. (http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/gradnwk/liberal/index.html)
• Management (Ph.D.): Dr. Glenn Shafer (973-353-1604). Research and doctoral training with majors possible in accounting, information systems, international business, finance, management science, and organization management. There are three majors in information systems: accounting information systems, computer information systems, and information technology. (http://business.rutgers.edu/default.aspx?id=107)
• Mathematical Sciences (Ph.D.): Dr. Robert Sczech (973-353-5156 Ext. 17). Joint program with NJIT. Research: low-dimensional topology, geometric group theory, Riemann surfaces, number theory, algebraic geometry, differential topology, representation theory, automorphic forms, harmonic analysis, Teichmuller theory. (http://nwkmath.rutgers.edu/graduate.html)
• M.D./Ph.D.: Graduate Admissions (973-353-5205 Ext. 20). Seven-year program leading to the M.D. from the New Jersey Medical School (NJMS)-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and the Ph.D. from Rutgers-Newark. Students take two years of biomedical courses at NJMS, then conduct research at Rutgers-Newark for three years, and then return to NJMS for two years of clinical training. Students apply to both institutions simultaneously. Full tuition waiver plus annual salary support. Minority students encouraged to apply. (http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/gradnwk/md_phd/index.html)
• Nursing (M.S., Ph.D.): Dr. Wendy Nehring (973-353-5293 Ext. 606). Research: care and health promotion of children, adolescents, and adults/aged; symptom management in HIV/AIDS, CHF, and renal failure; pain control alternatives and exercise in hypertension; QOL issues for women in menopause and with breast cancer and persons with multiple sclerosis and surgeries that change appearance; sleep patterns of hospitalized cardiac patients; patient-care outcomes in vulnerable populations; and high-tech home care. (http://nursing.rutgers.edu/academic-programs/acad-progs.asp)
• Physics (Applied; M.S., Ph.D.): Dr. Zhen Wu, Rutgers-Newark (973-353-1311). Joint program offered by the Physics Departments of Rutgers (Newark) and NJIT. Research: applied optics, ultrafast optical phenomena, solid-state physics-microelectronics, MBE (molecular beam epitaxy), materials science, free electron laser, surface science, biophysics, astrophysics, plasma physics, laser spectroscopy, quantum electronics. (http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/~physics/)
• Political Science (M.A.): Dr. Mary Segers (973-353-5048). International relations theory, public administration and bureaucracy, environmental politics and policy, policy formation and process evaluation, immigration policy, religion and politics, American human rights policy, generational ethnicity, ethics and international relations, gender and politics, international political economy. (http://politicalscience.newark.rutgers.edu/)
• Psychology (Ph.D.): Dr. Harold Siegel (973-353-5440 Ext. 236. Graduate training and research focusing on basic issues in cognitive and behavioral sciences, with concentrations in the areas of perception, attention, visual cognition, language, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive and perceptual development, social psychology, connectionist modeling, learning and memory, emotion, hormones and behavior, adaptive behavior, and computational neuroimaging. (http://www.psych.rutgers.edu/)
• Public Administration (M.P.A., Ph.D.): Dr. Marc Holzer, Ph.D.; Dr. Alan Zalkind, M.P.A., Executive M.P.A. (973-353-5093). The goal of the program is to train and educate public sector leaders, researchers, and educators. Areas of concentration in the doctoral program include productive public management, policy analysis, urban systems, and comparative public management, policy analysis, urban systems, and comparative public management and global governance. The M.P.A. program concentrations include budgeting, education, health care, and nonprofit management. The program places special emphasis on training women and minorities. (http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/pubadmin/)
• Public Health (M.P.H.): Dr. Evan Stark (973-353-5093 Ext. 22). Joint master’s program offered by UMDNJ School of Public Health, NJIT, and Rutgers-Newark, in collaboration with the Public Health Research Institute. The program prepares students to work with communities to identify and assess health needs and problems, plan and implement solutions, monitor progress, and evaluate program outcomes. Specialty tracks are urban and environmental health, quantitative methods: biostatistics and epidemiology, and health policy and administration. All courses are offered in the late afternoon or evening. (http://sph.umdnj.edu/degree/index.htm)
• Urban Systems (Ph.D.): Dr. Karen A. Franck, NJIT, (973-596-3092); Dr. Alan Sadovnik, Rutgers-Newark Urban Education Policy Coordinator (973-353-3532). Joint program offered by NJIT, UMDNJ, and Rutgers-Newark. The program is designed to prepare students to develop research-based knowledge in urban systems and to participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of policy and services for urban populations. (http://www.umdnj.edu/urbsyweb/)
• Women’s & Gender Studies (Graduate Concentration): Dr. Jyl Josefson (973-353-1027). This four-course concentration can be taken through the programs in English, global affairs, history, liberal studies, political science, or public administration. (http://womenstudies.newark.rutgers.edu/)