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Excellence in Graduate Education in New Brunswick



Master's and Ph.D. Degree Programs in over 60 Fields of Study
All academic units on New Brunswick campus
Principal spokesperson for graduate education and graduate students in New Brunswick
8 programs ranked in top 20 in their fields by National Research Council

  • Art History
  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Statistics

Enrollments and Degrees
Approx. 3,800 graduate students enrolled annually; majority full-time, doctoral students
Diverse student body- approx. 17% under-represented minorities; 38% international
More than 700 degrees awarded annually: 45% Ph.D., 55% Masters
Approx. 25,000 alumni worldwide

Excellence in Graduate Faculty Research
35 members of national academies

  • National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters, or the Institute of Medicine
Three recipients – National Medal of Science
Two recipients – National Medal of Technology

Excellence in Graduate Student Research
Nationally competitive fellowships - about 75 graduate student recipients annually

  • NSF, Fulbright, Fulbright-Hays, NASA, NIMH, Javits, NSF Dissertation Improvement Grants
National and regional dissertation prize recipients
Annual awards for excellence in graduate student research and teaching

Fellowship and Tuition Awards for Graduate Students
More than 500 fellows on university payroll, managed by the Graduate School
About $4 million awarded in Graduate School fellowships, stipends, and tuition benefits
Management of fellowship resources to increase graduate program diversity
Over 100 federally funded fellowship and traineeship positions

Innovations in Services for Graduate Students
Teaching Assistant Project- education, training, and networking for teaching assistants

Center for Graduate Student External Support– mentoring in all aspects of successful grant applications

Dedicated to increasing the diversity of the graduate student population

  • RISE- a successful summer program for undergraduates, with RWJ Medical School
Fund graduate student research and travel that enriches graduate student experience
  • Able to assist some of our students with conference presentations, pre-dissertation research preparation & special courses related to research goals

Joint educational initiatives with Piscataway campus of UMDNJ in Biomedical Sciences
Researching & analyzing truly comparative data about graduate education nation-wide
Participant in nationwide Ph.D. completion and Carnegie leadership in teaching projects
Developing guidelines for academic integrity and for mentoring graduate students