Diversity of EOP

What kinds of students partake in EOP?

EOP StudentsThe Educational Opportunity Program enrolls a diverse group of students, including men and women of all ages, from as far away as Puerto Rico and China. They have many different interests and enroll in majors varying from art to pre-medical studies. Their goals range from preparing for a good job after NJIT, to enrolling in graduate studies at other four-year colleges and professional schools. Many work co-ops and interns while attending school to support themselves and their families.


BASE - Black Association of Student Engineers

NSBE - National Society of Black Engineers

HOST - Hispanic Organization of Students in Technology

SHPE - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

SWE - Soceity of Women Engineers

Meet Some Of Our EOP Students
April 21, 2008
Two NJIT Students won first and second place in Newark’s Most Promising Young Entrepreneur Contest.Michael Amegashie, an NJIT junior, took the first place prize of $5,000 for a start-up... read more!
April 16, 2008
When Indira Hernandez was in high school in Cuba, she and her classmates spent the afternoons working in the fields, helping the local farmers pick oranges, water potatoes and sow the fields.... read more!
February 4, 2008
Four years after graduating from NJIT, Jennifer Dorn-Guevara has a great career at one of the nation’s top companies: Lockheed Martin.  Jennifer is part of Lockheed’s... read more!