Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 36

Program Details

The objective of the Ph.D. program in Business Data Science is to integrate business analytics, data science and management systems theory with scientific methods from statistics, computing science and engineering to advance knowledge discovery and decision making in business and management.

What You Will Learn:

The School of Management is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has an extensive Assurance of Learning (AoL) program in place covering all MTSM programs.  The new PhD program evaluation and learning outcomes assessment plan will be integrated into this existing AoL structure.  The learning outcomes are presented below.

  • Master data analytics and problem solving skills
  • Apply advanced data science skills for knowledge discovery and complex decision making in business
  • Understand the-state-of-the-art of Business Data Science
  • Identify novel problems, propose and implement solutions, and evaluate the outcomes
  • Master oral communication skills for effective teaching and presentations
  • Master writing communication skills for effective technical writing
  • Exhibit ethical behavior for conducting research
  • Exhibit professional behavior
  • Identify ethical implications of decision making            

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36 Required Credits
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Business Data Science Salaries

$121,906

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$191,000

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

Business Data Science majors design new ways to incorporate vast information with a focus on information technology topics.

Career Prospects

Where do Business Data Science majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Data Science Analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • Machine Learning Engineer
Top Employers
  • Amazon Inc.
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Microsoft Corporation
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Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 12-36

Program Details

  • The Information Systems Ph.D. program is designed to produce scholars with a commanding knowledge of both theory and practice of Information Systems for complex applications and environments.

  • Information Systems Ph.D. dissertations must make a substantial scientific contribution to their particular area of research.  

What You Will Learn:

The graduates of our Ph.D. program will be able to demonstrate the ability to:

  • Understand fundamental knowledge of and apply research methods within a student’s chosen focus of Human-Centered Computing or data intensive research.

  • Critically examine research in the student’s chosen research area.

  • Develop research questions, design research methodologies, implement systems, interpret results and discuss implications for a research project in the student’s chosen research area.

  • Teach effectively in one Information Systems course.

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12-36 Required Credits
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Information Systems Salaries

$70,000

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$74,000

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

College Factual ranked NJIT the No. 1 Best Computer Information Systems College Nationally.

Career Prospects

Where do Information Systems majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Consulting Analyst
  • Logistics Specialist
  • Advanced Repair Agent
  • Information Technology Resident
Top Employers
  • Accenture
  • Amazon
  • Google Inc.
  • PJM Interconnection
  • Geek Squad
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    I got the best out of my courses and landed a full-time job after my first year."
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  • Hilsson Angeles
    NJIT was my dream school."
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  • Seif Issa
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Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 51

Program Details

  • Offer advanced graduate education to develop a knowledge base in urban systems or elements of the built environment, including buildings, infrastructure, transportation, humans, socio-economics, and the interconnections between them, through original research.
  • Prepare students for extensive research and careers in academia, industry, or government to provide visionary leadership in the fields of urban technology, urban environment, and global urban studies.
  • Progress as an apprentice scholar, and graduate as a colleague of his or her mentor.

What You Will Learn:

  • An ability to demonstrate an extended knowledge of urban problems in particular areas of the student’s choice and how those problems have been studied in the past.
  • An ability to synthesize, in a thorough and analytic manner, research conducted by others and detect both strengths and weaknesses in the framing of that research, the methods used for collecting and analyzing the data, and its interpretation.
  • An ability to devise one’s own research questions to frame a short-term or a long-term research project and to select the appropriate sources of information and data collection instruments to answer those questions.
  • An ability to present and communicate effectively in written and graphic forms and in oral presentations.
  • An ability to teach at the collegiate level and recognize ethical and professional responsibilities.
  • An ability to collect and analyze empirical data from various sources and instruments and present the findings from that analysis in graphic and narrative forms to answer the research questions posed.

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51 Required Credits
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Urban Systems Salaries

$61,000

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$91,000

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

This major offers three areas of specialization: Technology, Environment, and Global Urban Studies.

Career Prospects

Where do Urban Systems majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Assistant Professor
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Research Scientist
  • Urban Planner
Top Employers
  • Universities
  • Research Institutes
  • Government
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  • Seif Issa
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  • Hilsson Angeles
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Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 24-36

Program Details

As a nationally and internationally recognized Ph.D. program, NJIT’s Applied Physics Ph.D. program prepares Ph.D. candidates with practical skills and theoretical knowledge for a successful career in academic or government organizations and private industry. Students will prepare for passing their written qualifier exams, as well as gain the theoretical and experimental background needed for their research, which they will orally present and defend as part of their Ph.D. thesis. Throughout their study as a Ph.D. candidate, students will exhibit the following:

  • Academic Excellence: Students will demonstrate compressive knowledge in their area of concentrations, formulate advanced research questions independently and propose methods of investigation to research currently unsolved problems.

  • Real-World Research Experience: Students will gain expertise and demonstrate broad knowledge of their field, its tools and techniques, and use this to develop new knowledge using ethical standards of conduct.

  • Professional Communication and Collaboration: Students will develop top-level communication skills to collaborate and speak effectively about scientific topics, issues and research at national and international meetings.

What You Will Learn:

Upon graduation all Ph.D. students in Applied Physics should be able to meet the following learning outcomes:

  • Formulate advanced research questions independently and propose methods of investigation, including the design of experiments to investigate currently unsolved problems.

  • Demonstrate and apply comprehensive knowledge in the area of concentration to identify, find, evaluate, articulate and use scientific information at a high level of proficiency.

  • Apply quantitative methods to describe and analyze phenomena.

  • Publish at least one scientific article as the first author in peer-reviewed journals in the area of concentration.

  • Present at least one professional talk at the National or International Conference in the area of concentration.

  • Demonstrate broad knowledge of the field, its tools and techniques to develop new knowledge.

  • Identify, find, evaluate, articulate and use scientific information associated with their field.

  • Interact with other professional and student researchers in a skilled, cooperative fashion to discuss issues and solve scientific problems at a high level of proficiency.

  • Conduct research and develop relationships using ethical, professional standards of conduct.

  • Recognize and discuss the social and ethical implications of the conduct of research and its technological application to human problems.

  • Demonstrate ethical conduct in performing and reporting on scientific research.

  • Effectively interpret in writing, scientific information gathered through laboratory and library research.

  • Speak effectively about scientific topics, issues, and problems in informal and formal contexts at a level expected at national and international meetings.

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24-36 Required Credits
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Applied Physics Salaries

$83,500

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$88,500

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

This degree also opens a door to continue education at the graduate level.

Career Prospects

Where do Applied Physics majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Research Associate
  • Physicist
  • Laser Engineer
  • Systems Engineer
  • High School Physics Teacher
Top Employers
  • AeroFarms
  • Lockheed Martin
  • PRA Health Sciences
  • Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
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    NJIT's physics professors have had a major impact on my education by giving me positions in their labs."
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  • Navjot Panchhi
    My primary goals in physics are to study at the forefront and provide the public with an up-to-date grasp of the natural sciences."
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    NJIT is the college that is teaching me how the universe works. I can't wait to use what I learn to become a groundbreaking researcher."
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Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 60

Program Details

The objective of the Ph.D. program is to produce scientists capable of performing significant independent research in their area of specialization, and of effectively communicating their work to other scientists, policy-makers, and the general public. This is achieved through three types of training:

  1. Critical-thinking and quantitative skills to understand current issues in biology, including critical analysis of the primary literature in their chosen area of specialization.  

  2. High-level research techniques — an appropriate combination of laboratory, computational and literature based skills — and use these to complete a dissertation that expands our understanding of a particular area of biology. Upon completion, a graduating student will be capable of planning and conducting a hypothesis-driven research program.

Professional communication of their work both formally and informally, to audiences as diverse as the general public, undergraduates, or world-renowned researchers in their field of specialization. This crucial skill will enable them to pursue careers in academia, government, private industry or non-profit organizations.

What You Will Learn:

Students who complete the program are expected to leave with considerable expertise in their broader research field and in the narrower context of their specific research projects. Overall, we expect graduates of the Biology Ph.D. program at NJIT to meet the following learning outcomes:

  • They will have the ability to design and conduct scientifically sound experiments or theoretical studies. They will be able to discuss critically the approaches and results obtained.

  • They will have learned to analyze and interpret various forms of experimental data and/or theoretical results, put them in a larger conceptual framework, and critically assess their general biological relevance.

  • They will understand ethical principles and regulatory restrictions that govern the use of animals, humans, and environmental resources in biological research approaches.

  • They will have developed a broad understanding of biology and related disciplines in the larger human and global context.

  • They will have obtained the depth and breadth of knowledge, as well as the language and critical thinking skills needed to operate in a multidisciplinary environment, be it in academia of elsewhere.

  • They will have gained the ability to effectively communicate scientific data, ideas, concepts, and relevance to both experts and broader audiences.  This pertains to both written and oral communications.

  • They will be well prepared to obtain gainful employment in private, government, industry, or academic sectors. For example, they will be qualified and competitive in the search for postdoctoral research positions in industry or academia.

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Biology Salaries

$50,000

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$52,500

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

A bachelor’s degree in biological or biomedical sciences is the fourth most popular degree option nationwide.

Career Prospects

Where do Biology majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Clinical Research
  • Optometric technician
  • Equine Veterinary Assistant
  • Pharmacy Technician
  • Formulation Chemist
Top Employers
  • Performance Physical Therapy And Sports Conditioning
  • Princeton Orthopaedics
  • Morristown Memorial Hospital
  • L'Oreal USA
  • Lansdale Rx Pharmacy
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  • Mohammad Nawaz
    My learning experience at NJIT has allowed me to pursue my lifelong dream of becoming a physician."
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  • Efstathia Baronos
    NJIT has allowed me to transform my nearly lifelong dream of becoming a physician into a reality. "
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    As a biology major, NJIT has opened up a world of possibilities and opportunities for me to pursue my goal of becoming a pharmacist. "
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Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 60

Program Details

Our program educational objectives are reflected in the achievements of our recent alumni. 

  1. Research and/or Practice: Alumni will successfully engage in the research and/or practice of civil engineering within academia, industry, government, and private practice, working toward sustainable solutions in a technical specialty area including construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources. Alumni will be able to synthesize technical knowledge of engineering analysis, and design to identify, formulate and solve problems of professional interest and importance.
  2. Professional Growth: Alumni will advance their skills through research, innovation, professional growth and development activities such as research in civil engineering. 
  3. Service: Alumni will perform service to society and the engineering profession through membership and participation in professional societies, government, educational institutions, civic organizations, and humanitarian endeavors. 

What You Will Learn:

Graduates of Ph.D. in Civil Engineering program will be able to:

  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of a designed experiment and the implications of the resulting data;
  2. Verify and justify the solution to a complex civil engineering problem, including the use of appropriate tools and techniques;
  3. Develop and evaluate new, advanced technical knowledge in a specialized area of civil engineering; and
  4. Synthesize and explain the relevance and application of new, advanced technical knowledge in both technical and non-technical terms.

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Civil Engineering Salaries

$74,600

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$74,723

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

Top ranked MS in Civil Engineering

Career Prospects

Where do Civil Engineering majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Civil Engineer
  • Geotechnical Engineer
  • Structural Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • Construction Management Engineer
Top Employers
  • AECOM
  • Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • HNTB
  • Langan
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Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 36

Program Details

Ph.D. students in NJIT’s Chemical Engineering program are expected to originate and advance research in their area of study, while also preparing to become leaders in academia, industry or the government. The Ph.D. candidate enters as a student, progresses as an apprentice scholar, and graduates as a colleague of his or her mentor.

What You Will Learn:

  • An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  • An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  • An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  • An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  • An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
  • An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  • An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

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Chemical Engineering Salaries

$75,900

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$86,991

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

NJIT’s Chemical Engineering program is in the top 100 in the country

Career Prospects

Where do Chemical Engineering majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Chemical Engineer
  • Process Engineer
  • Manufacturing Engineer
  • Product Engineer
  • Research And Development Engineer
Top Employers
  • Colgate-Palmolive
  • FM Global
  • L'Oreal USA
  • Phillips 66
  • TEVA Pharmaceuticals
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  • Kerri-Lee Chintersingh
    I’m interested in current challenges the energy community faces."
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  • Mehnaz Mursalat
    I’m working on microfluidic biosensors for cancer detection. We hope this technology will replace invasive biopsies. "
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