About the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

One of the original departments in Newark College of Engineering, the department was initially the Department of Mechanical Engineering and was founded in 1919.  Master’s degrees were added after World War II, as returning veterans swelled the college’s enrollment as well as the engineering workforce. The doctoral degree program was added in the late 1950s. The Industrial Engineering program was started in 1960 and the popular M.S. in Engineering Management, one of the first of its kind in the nation, started in 1948.  The department is one of the largest at NJIT and offers a wide array of degrees ranging from B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and related fields.

From the outset the department has prided itself in providing hands-on real-world experience through co-operative experiences with companies, and through the extensive use of state-of-the-art laboratories in the curriculum. Our students also participate in a number of student organizations and related competitions, such as American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Industrial and SystemsEngineers (IISE), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

The faculty in our department are active in innovative research and have partnerships with industry, government agencies and research laboratories. Many of our undergraduate and graduate students participate in research projects under the supervision of our faculty.

Today our department has approximately 1400 students, out of which 1050 are undergraduate and 350 are graduate students. Many of our alumni hold leading positions in industry, academia and government; a number have gone on to become successful entrepreneurs.