Mission-Vision Statement for Rutgers University, Newark
Rutgers University in Newark has a long and proud tradition of providing a first-rate education to students of modest means, to first-generation college attendees, and to students of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Our diverse student body, relatively small classes, the educational opportunities of Newark and nearby New York City, and the university’s tradition of academic excellence have attracted a growing student body, which has increased by 1500 students in less than a decade. Once a strictly commuter institution, over twelve hundred students now live on campus, and building additional student residences is one of our highest priorities. Our faculty holds undergraduate students to rigorous standards, and offers them numerous opportunities to undertake original research.
As the Rutgers-Newark enrollments grow, we will continue to insure that we remain accessible to large numbers of first-generation college students.
This historic mission of inclusion and opportunity is paired with Rutgers-Newark’s role as New Jersey’s center of professional education and training for future business, legal, healthcare and civic leaders. Rutgers-Newark shares in Rutgers University's international reputation as a major research institution with rigorous standards for faculty appointment, tenure, and promotion. Our faculty is engaged in critical research in the sciences, the arts, humanities and social sciences, and in the professions of business, criminal justice, law, nursing, and public administration.
Rutgers-Newark awards approximately 60 PhDs, 1000 graduate degrees, and 1200 baccalaureate degrees each year, and is ranked 12th in the nation for quality among small research universities by the National Faculty Productivity Index.
We are committed to expanding and strengthening our graduate programs, faculty research, and external research support, and to providing extensive research opportunities to undergraduates under the guidance of our outstanding faculty.
Rutgers-Newark is well known for the extraordinary racial, ethnic and religious diversity of its student body. U.S. News & World Report has ranked us the most diverse national university in the country for eleven years in a row. This diversity provides unparalleled opportunities for teaching and learning. Our graduates tell us that their education is greatly enhanced by what they learn from students of so many different social backgrounds.
We will take fullest advantage of our diversity in the educational experience of our students, both in and outside of class.
Located in the heart of New Jersey’s largest and most important city, we are deeply committed to engagement with Newark and surrounding communities through teaching, research, public service, and experiential learning. We are an integral part of Newark’s exciting revitalization, which is recreating a dynamic downtown at its core. Our 37-acre campus places us in the center of the educational, healthcare, government, business, financial, legal and cultural district of downtown Newark, and adjacent to five other higher education institutions with a total student population of 35,000.
We will continue to expand our enrollments, and we will become increasingly a residential campus. We will also continue to appoint faculty who welcome the opportunities to enhance teaching and research through engagement with our metropolitan community.
Rutgers-Newark is entering an era of extraordinary possibilities. The revitalization of downtown Newark and the dynamic future of Rutgers-Newark are integrally connected. As urban universities gain popularity across the country, as downtown Newark becomes a dynamic center of residential life, arts and entertainment, as student interest in attending Rutgers-Newark and living on campus continues to grow,
we will become the school of choice for New Jersey residents eager to attend college in an urban setting, without abandoning our legacy of educational opportunity. We will become recognized as one of the nation’s leading urban research universities.
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