Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Incorporated in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical engineering. The campus encompasses Castle Point, the highest point in Hoboken, and several other buildings around the city.
Founded from an 1868 bequest from Edwin Augustus Stevens, enrollment at Stevens includes more than 5,500 undergraduate and graduate students representing 47 states and 60 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".The university is home to two national Centers of Excellence as designated by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Two members of the Stevens community, as alumni or faculty, have been awarded the Nobel Prize: Frederick Reines (class of 1939), in Physics, and Irving Langmuir (Chemistry faculty 1906–1909), in chemistry.
The Institutional Vision
Stevens will become a premier student-centric technological research university, focusing on six “foundational pillars,” areas of true societal need where Stevens possesses significant depth and expertise: artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity; data science and information systems; complex systems and networks; financial systems and technologies; biomedical engineering, healthcare, and life sciences; and resilience and sustainability. As our education and research capacity grows in these areas, so will our influence.
Student Centricity
Stevens will create a new paradigm that elegantly combines stellar learning opportunities and trailblazing research as inseparable components of 21st-century education.
Excellence In All We Do
Stevens will create a pervasive culture of excellence that will serve as a model for our partners and our students throughout their lives.
Through Collaboration, Impact
We will build a culture in which our strengths meld with and enhance those of synergistic and complementary collaborators. Together we will produce novel research, create visionary education programs, and influence policy and the national agenda, enhancing the perspective of our students and the international reach and reputation of Stevens.
Technology At Our Core
Our heritage is built on technology, from the transportation technology pioneered by the Stevens family to the countless technology-based companies launched and led by our alumni to the technological advancements created by our faculty researchers. Just as technology is our past, so it will differentiate us in the future, offering a distinctive educational experience to our students, driving our research and scholarship, leading us to devise novel teaching and learning methods, and enhancing our administrative, outreach, and communication activities.
Stevens Institute of Technology's 2021 Rankings
Stevens Institute of Technology is ranked #80 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
- #80 in National Universities (tie)
- #62 in Best Value Schools
- #58 in Most Innovative Schools (tie)
