New Jersey Institute of Technology's newly-announced Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Enterprise AI will be available to students beginning in fall 2026, with the intention of developing next-level professionals that extends beyond a traditional technical degree. Offered by NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and rooted in the foundations of traditional Information Systems, the B.S. in Enterprise AI is designed to directly address the shortage of tech talent needed to meet the critical demands of the evolving AI-driven industry ecosystem. By transforming the gap between AI innovation and…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) hosted the second annual Nexus of Excellence Awards Oct. 8 in the Campus Center Atrium, celebrating the university’s faculty and staff whose achievements exemplify NJIT’s mission and values. Building on last year’s inaugural ceremony, the 2025 event recognized honorees across categories that reflect NJIT’s Innovation Nexus 2030 Strategic Plan — spanning excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, research, diversity and community engagement. “This event is a celebration of the outstanding work happening across the NJIT community in teaching,…

Girlhacks 2025 continued its legacy of providing a place for women and non-binary students in technology to take the lead in bringing ideation to realization through its annual 24-hour Major League Hacking (MLH) sanctioned hackathon where everyone — including the men — are invited to compete. The competition, hosted by NJIT’s Women in Computing Society (WiCS) chapter, is designed to empower female and non-binary students in STEM with a passion, not only for technology, but the desire to support their growing community of like-minded people who wish to make their mark on a better future. It…

Scholarships help many students get to college, but for Jonathan Kozlik a scholarship to New Jersey Institute of Technology led him to a technical conference in Florida, where he found inspiration to form his own company testing the security of other people’s artificial intelligence applications. Kozlik, a junior from Aberdeen double-majoring in computer science and applied mathematics, received the National Science Foundation S-STEM scholarship for students with demonstrated financial need. He is entrepreneurial-minded and already ran another startup company, but his current operation —…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the top public university in New Jersey for both value and alumni salary outcomes, according to the newly released Wall Street Journal/Statista “2026 Best Colleges” rankings. NJIT achieved strong placement in categories that highlight return on investment and long-term success: No.1 for Best Salary among public institutions in New Jersey No. 25 for Best Salary among all universities nationally No.1 for Best Value among public institutions in New Jersey No. 42 for Best Value among all universities nationally “These results validate NJIT’s…

Assistant Professor Shantanu Sharma and Ph.D. student Komal Kumari in the Ying Wu College of Computing’s Department of Computer Science have devised a solution to secure document systems beyond standard encryption. The research has been published in VLDB Conference (Very Large Data Bases), a premier forum for data management, scalable data science, and database researchers. The cloud has revolutionized the ability to store large amounts of photos, medical records, business materials, and myriad other types of documents on which the world depends daily. It is, however, also common knowledge…

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 and a 23-place improvement over the past five years, underscoring NJIT’s growing national reputation for academic excellence, innovation, student success and affordability. The university also advanced significantly in several categories that reflect NJIT’s mission of access and return on…

Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) proudly welcomes six recently appointed assistant professors to the departments of Computer Science and Data Science for the 2025-2026 academic year. These individuals all bring unique expertise that will transform research and experiential learning during a time of change amidst rapidly evolving technology. NJIT-YWCC has a mission to keep pace with rapid advancements in the technology revolution across all computing disciplines and is poised to continue its forward trajectory with the addition of these new members of the faculty. Their combined…

Senior Lecturer Fuad Hamidli in Ying Wu College of Computing’s Department of Computer Science participated as a panelist at AARP New Jersey’s 2025 Fraud Summit: Decoding Fraud in the Age of AI. He previously spoke at the AARP Fraud Summit: Fraud 360 – Awareness, Prevention & Recovery in spring 2025 The event brought together leaders from government, law enforcement and industry, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, the State of New Jersey’s Chief Information Security Officer and Microsoft to address how artificial intelligence is…

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, architecture, life sciences, management and public service — were on hand to recruit for internships, co-ops, and entry-level roles. The event builds on the strong momentum captured in Career Development Services’ 2024 Outcomes Report, which highlighted that more than 90% of graduates secured full-time…