The second-richest man in the world pays for Elaine Gomez to attend NJIT.Elaine is a Gates Millennium Scholar, which means Bill Gates, by way of his foundation, pays her tuition.  Elaine, a... read more!

Dominick Cirillo earned good grades in high school, but he did poorly on his SATs.  Therefore, when he enrolled at NJIT he was placed in a remedial program. He started off by taking just 10... read more!

Phong Pham, who did two majors simultaneously -- mechanical and electrical engineering -- will attend Stanford University.  He'll major in mechanical engineering.After the below story was... read more!

The best thing about NJIT, in the eyes of senior Frank Lombardi, is the professors.Before becoming teachers, most NJIT professors worked as engineers, says Lombardi. They bring their work... read more!

In one day Tara Rhett got two job offers, one from Pratt & Whitney and another from Dow Chemical.  She took the latter – the offer was too hard to refuse. Dow hired Tara to... read more!

Rachel Wallner will graduate in May but she already has a great job.In August, she’ll begin work as an environmental engineer for Noblis, a nonprofit firm that does environmental... read more!

America is often referred to as the land of opportunity.  Faizan Naqvi refers to NJIT as the “university of opportunity.”NJIT gave him the opportunity, for instance, to work on... read more!

Two NJIT students released an iPhone app that’s getting national recognition.The app, called Quotebook, allows people to store, sort, and share quotations on the iPhone and iPod... read more!

When he was 19, Alexander Salazar left Colombia, his homeland, for America. He loved Colombia but wanted to pursue his dream: to attend a U.S. university and one day earn an engineering degree.... read more!

He Builds Amazing Robots, Writes Best-Selling Books and Runs FastWhen he was a boy, Jonathan Daudelin spent endless hours building LEGO robots. He was home-schooled and his parents thought his... read more!