NJIT Academic Affairs and Related Policies

Academic Affairs

• Academic Policy for Students with Revoked Visas (April 12, 2025)
• Faculty Handbook (updated April 2025)
• Grade Appeal Policy (updated October 2024)
• Guidelines for Appealing a Decision on Academic Suspension 
• Policy Concerning Sabbatical Leaves
• Policy on Integrity in Scholarship 
• Policy for Awarding Posthumous Degrees and Certificates at NJIT
• Policy on Recording Classes
• Recording the Impact of Federal Developments on NJIT Faculty Efforts (May 2025)
• Records Retention Policy 
• Start-Up Fund Guidelines
• Stop-Gap Funding Program (May 2025)
• Uniform Ethics Code 
• University Code on Academic Integrity 

Research

1.0 General Policies

• 1.1 Policy on Research Policies
• 1.2 Rights and Responsibilities in the Conduct of Research
• 1.3 Appointment of Research Professors
• 1.4 Establishing and Managing Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories
• 1.5 Policy on Acceptance of Donated Equipment

2.0 Pre-Award Services

• 2.1 Principal Investigator Eligibility and Criteria for Exceptions
• 2.2 Submission of Sponsored Project Proposals
• 2.3 Gift vs Grant or Contract Determination
• 2.4 Sponsored Projects Budget Preparation
  
  • 2.4.1 Cost Share

3.0 Post-Award Management

• 3.1 Advance Account Requests for Sponsored Research Programs
• 3.2 Charging Direct Costs to Sponsored Research Programs
• 3.3 Cost Transfers for Sponsored Research Programs
• 3.4 Accounts Receivable for Sponsored Research Programs
• 3.5 Budget and Expense Monitoring
• 3.6 Subcontract and Contractual Agreement Management
• 3.7 Records Retention for Sponsored Research Programs
• 3.8 Time and Effort Reporting and Certification

4.0 Research Compliance​

• 4.1 Financial Conflicts of Commitment and Interest for Sponsored Research
• 4.2 Human Subjects Research
  
  • 4.2.1 Exempt Research Performed in International Settings
  • 4.2.2 Principal Investigators for IRB Protocols
• 4.3 Laboratory Animals in Research
• 4.4 Biosafety
• 4.5 Export Controls

5.0 Intellectual Property​

• 5.1 Inventions, Patents and Licensing
• 5.2 Copyright Policy

Student Services

• Data Access Policy (Students) (pdf, 49KB)
• Graduate Catalog
• Policy on the Use of HoverBoards (pdf, 10KB)
• Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy (pdf, 328KB)
• Student Enrollment in the Center for Pre-College Programs(pdf, 2 MB)
• Undergraduate Catalog
• Unemployed Persons Job Training Program (pdf, 26KB)

University Computing

• Acceptable Use Policy for Cyber Resources
• Data Access Policy (other than students) (pdf, 49 KB)
• Identity Theft Policy (pdf, 49 KB)
• Policy on E-mail for Official University Communications to Students

NJIT Policies

Policy on the Development of University Policies
Other University Policies