New Brunswick

The New Brunswick Campus is the largest and most diversified of the university's three campuses, with 13 academic units, 1,800 faculty, and 34,400 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs.

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Robert M. Goodman, Ph.D., Executive Dean

A coeducational college, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences offers undergraduate programs in various applied disciplines with an emphasis on environmental, agricultural, food, and marine sciences. Formerly the College of Agriculture, later the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, and most recently Cook College, the school adopted its present name in 2006. Graduate programs are offered through the Graduate School-New Brunswick.

Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

John L. Colaizzi, Ph.D., Dean

First organized in 1892 and incorporated into the state university in 1927, the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy offers a six-year professional program leading to the doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree and a graduate program offering a post-B.S. Pharm.D. degree (both traditional two-year and nontraditional). Other graduate programs leading to advanced degrees through the Graduate School-New Brunswick are available. In addition, the school sponsors a continuing education program for the benefit of practicing pharmacists throughout the state.

Mason Gross School of the Arts

George B. Stauffer, Ph.D., Dean

This branch of Rutgers opened in July 1976. The school grants both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Formed to provide an education in the arts of the highest professional caliber, the school offers an M.F.A. degree in visual arts and theater arts; D.M.A., A.Dpl., M.M., and B.Mus. degrees in music; and a B.F.A. degree in visual arts, dance, and theater arts.

Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick

Michael R. Cooper, Ph.D., Dean

Rutgers Business School offers undergraduate and graduate programs through the university's Newark and New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses. Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-Newark is a four-year undergraduate school. It offers the bachelor of science degree jointly with either the Newark College of Arts and Sciences or University College-Newark. Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-New Brunswick is a two-year, upper-division school offering programs in accounting, finance, management, management science and information systems, and marketing. The school admits students from the School of Arts and Sciences in their junior year. The bachelor of science degree is awarded jointly by the business school and the undergraduate college the student attended. Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick offers the master of business administration, an M.B.A. degree in professional accounting, a master of accountancy in taxation, a master of accountancy in governmental accounting, a master of quantitative finance, and a variety of dual degrees. The Ph.D. degree in management is offered jointly by the Graduate School-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

School of Communication, Information and Library Studies

Gustav Friedrich, Ph.D., Dean

This school was formed in 1982 by a merger of two schools to provide academic programs that focus on various facets of communication and information science. The school offers undergraduate programs of study in communication, information technology and informatics, and journalism and mass media. Students are admitted to the school in their junior year from the two undergraduate colleges in New Brunswick: the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Bachelor of arts degrees are awarded jointly by the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies and the undergraduate college. At the graduate level, programs are offered that lead to the degree of master of library and information science, the master of communication and information studies, and, jointly with the Graduate School-New Brunswick, the doctor of philosophy degree. Courses for in-service librarians also are provided.

School of Engineering

Michael T. Klein, Sc.D., Dean

Instruction in engineering began at Rutgers in 1864 when New Jersey designated the former Rutgers College to be the State College for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The College of Engineering became a separate unit in 1914 and was renamed the School of Engineering in 1999. The school is dedicated to the sound technical and general education of the student. It offers a bachelor of science degree in seven disciplines as well as a curriculum in applied sciences. Its graduate programs are conducted through the Graduate School-New Brunswick.

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

James W. Hughes, Ph.D., Dean

Founded in 1992, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy provides focus for all of Rutgers' programs of instruction, research, and service in planning and public policy. The school offers undergraduate programs in urban studies and public health, each leading to the baccalaureate degree. On the graduate level, the school confers master of city and regional planning, master of city and regional studies, master of public affairs and politics, master of public policy, master of public health, and doctor of public health degrees; the latter two degrees are offered jointly with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health. A dual-degree program in public health and applied psychology leading to the master of public health and doctor of psychology degrees is offered with the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. A program also is offered that leads to the doctor of philosophy degree in urban planning and policy development; this degree is conferred by the Graduate School-New Brunswick. In addition, the school offers joint-degree programs with Rutgers' two law schools, with the Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick, and with the Graduate School-New Brunswick.

School of Management and Labor Relations

David L. Finegold, Ph.D., Dean

The School of Management and Labor Relations, formed in 1994, provides undergraduate instruction in labor studies and employment relations. At the graduate level, programs are offered that lead to the degrees of master in human resource management, master in labor and employment relations, and doctor of philosophy in industrial relations and human resources.

Graduate School-New Brunswick

Jolie A. Cizewski, Ph.D., Acting Dean

Graduate programs in the arts and sciences have been offered since 1876. The Graduate School-New Brunswick awards advanced degrees in more than 60 disciplines and is responsible for all doctor of philosophy degrees at Rutgers-New Brunswick. The faculty is drawn from virtually all academic divisions of the university.

Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology

Stanley B. Messer, Ph.D., Dean

GSAPP was established in 1974 to train direct-service psychologists who have a special commitment to community involvement. It offers the doctor of psychology (Psy.D.) degree in professional psychology with specializations in the areas of clinical psychology, school psychology,and organizational psychology. GSAPP also awards the master of psychology (Psy.M.) degree en passant to the doctorate; the Psy.M. is not offered as a terminal degree.

Graduate School of Education

Richard De Lisi, Ph.D., Dean

Courses in education were first offered by the former Rutgers College in the late 19th century. A separate school offering its own curricula was organized in 1924. GSE offers programs leading to the degrees of master of education and doctor of education.

School of Social Work

Established in 1954 to prepare students for professional social work practice, SSW offers a two-year graduate curriculum leading to the master of social work degree. Jointly with the Graduate School-New Brunswick, it offers a program leading to the doctor of philosophy degree, and its faculty also teaches an undergraduate social work program.

Summer Session-New Brunswick

Elizabeth H. Hough, M.A., Director

The Summer Session, begun in 1913 and established as a division of the university in 1960, offers a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses during three sessions in the summer months.  In addition, select noncredit programs for targeted audiences are conducted.