Doctoral Degrees Without Borders

PhD candidates from nine northeast universities will soon be able to take engineering courses across campuses

Doctoral students at nine New York City area graduate engineering programs will soon be able to take courses at each other’s institutions without any additional tuition, as part of a new multi-school agreement announced today. 

Together with Rutgers School of Engineering, IUEDC participants are: 

• The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering (New York,NY)
• Columbia Engineering (New York, NY) 
• Cornell Tech (New York, NY)
• New York Institute of Technology College of Engineering and Computing Sciences (Old Westbury, NY, and New York, NY) 
• New York University, Tandon School of Engineering (New York, NY)
• Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science (Princeton, NJ)
• Stevens Institute of Technology Charles V. Schaefer Jr. School of  Engineering and Science (Hoboken, NJ)
• Stony Brook University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Stony Brook, NY)

The Inter-University Engineering Doctoral Consortium (IUEDC) encourages Ph.D. students to complement their primary program by taking courses of interest offered at different schools, providing access to specialty instruction and expertise that may not be available at their home universities. Students should be able to enroll in courses at other member institutions beginning in Fall 2024.

“Together our universities represent a unique consortium of highly ranked academic institutions geographically located in the NJ/NY metropolitan region," says Alberto Cuitiño, dean of Rutgers University School of Engineering. "Opening access to engineering Ph.D. students to seek out focused courses and expertise at each of our institutions will enhance students' educational experience, open doors for collaboration, and encourage innovative thinking for a better world.”