NYIT enjoys an international reputation for offering career oriented programmes to over 10,000 students enrolled in its three campuses in New York and three overseas Founded in 1955, the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) enjoys a transnational reputation for providing career-oriented professional education to over 10,000 students enrolled in its three campuses in New York and three overseas (UAE, China and Canada). Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and chartered by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York, NYIT offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programmes in more than 50 academic disciplines, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; business management, and medicine. The US News and World Report in its America’s Best Colleges Rankings 2017, ranks NYIT #32 among best regional universities (North). The institute’s school of engineering and computing sciences is ranked among America’s Top 70 computer science schools in The Financial Engineer Master of Computer Engineering Rankings 2018, while its business school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Moreover, the institute ranks among the Top 25 percent of colleges based on salary potential of graduates as per the Payscale College Salary Report 2016-17. New York City. NYIT’s main campus is in Manhattan — the heart of the Big Apple and the most densely populated borough of New York City (NYC, pop. 8.6 million). The cultural, financial, media and entertainment capital of the world, NYC hosts the world’s two largest stock exchanges — New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ — and headquarters of several media and finance conglomerates. The Big Apple also boasts several globally famous landmarks — the Empire State and Chrysler buildings, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, and Ground Zero. Other popular attractions include the Staten Island Ferry, streets of SoHo (hosting fine art galleries and swish boutiques), Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, Times Square, Central Park, Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art and the American Folk Art Museum. The climate in NYC is continental with cold winters and warm summers. Temperatures fall to sub-zero in winter while summers are warm (14°C-26°C). June is the wettest month. Campus facilities. NYIT has three campuses in NYC. While the Manhattan campus offers all major academic programmes, the institute’s largest campus is sited in Old Westbury on Long Island. The third campus is located in Central Islip, Long Island, where the institute’s Vocational Independence programmes are offered. Moreover, NYIT has established overseas campuses in China, the United Arab Emirates and Canada. The Manhattan campus on the intersection of Broadway and 61st Street, hosts five state-of-the-art buildings with classrooms, labs, Architecture FabLab, stock trading floor, administrative offices, a 262-seat auditorium, fine arts facility, book store, metro café and study spaces. The institute’s Manhattan library in the Edward Guiliano Global Center provides access to 70,000 ebooks, 200 online databases and over 50,000 online journals. In sharp contrast, NYIT’s Old Westbury campus sprawls over 176 wooded acres hosting heritage buildings. Campus landmarks include the David…
