Rutgers – Newark

Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Newark

Official Seal of Rutgers University
Former names	University of Newark
Motto	Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra
Motto in English	Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also.
Type	Public, Research university
Established	November 10, 1766
Endowment	US $603 million (systemwide)
Chancellor	Nancy Cantor
President	Robert L. Barchi
Provost	Jerome D. Williams
Academic staff	585
Administrative staff	819
Students	12,321
Undergraduates	8,170
Postgraduates	4,151
Location	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Campus	Urban
Colors	Scarlet
Athletics	NCAA Division III New Jersey Athletic Conference
Nickname	Scarlet Raiders
Sports	14 sports teams
Website	newark.rutgers.edu

Rutgers–Newark is one of three regional campuses of Rutgers University, the public research university of the U.S. state of New Jersey, located in the city of Newark. Rutgers, founded in 1766 in New Brunswick, is the eighth oldest college in the United States and a member of the Association of American Universities. In 1945, the state legislature voted to make Rutgers University, then a private liberal arts college, into the state university and the following year merged the school with the former University of Newark (1936–1946), which became the Rutgers–Newark campus. Rutgers also incorporated the College of South Jersey and South Jersey Law School, in Camden, as a constituent campus of the university and renamed it Rutgers–Camden in 1950.

Rutgers–Newark offers undergraduate (bachelors) and graduate (masters, doctoral) programs to more than 12,000 students. The campus is located on 38 acres in Newark's University Heights section. It consists of seven degree-granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, including the Rutgers Business School (which has another campus in New Brunswick) and Rutgers Law School (which has another campus in Camden), and several research institutes, including the Institute of Jazz Studies. According to U.S. News & World Report, Rutgers–Newark is the most diverse national university in the United States.

Rutgers–Newark officially came into existence in 1946, when the New Jersey State Legislature voted to make the University of Newark part of Rutgers University. The roots of Rutgers University, Newark, however, date back to 1908 when the New Jersey Law School first opened its doors. That law school, along with four other educational institutions in Newark — Dana College, the Newark Institute of Arts & Sciences, the Seth Boyden School of Business, and the Mercer Beasley School of Law — formed a series of alliances over the years. A final merger in 1936 resulted in the establishment of the University of Newark. A decade later, the University of Newark was absorbed into Rutgers University and became the school's Newark campus.