Founded in 1870 by a family of inventors, Stevens Institute of Technology is a student-centric research university, with technology at its core and the student experience always in mind. Stevens is home to diverse and talented students, faculty and staff who contribute to a rich and vibrant university community. Stevens educates more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students annually, employing more than 330 faculty in four academic divisions offering more than 30 majors, and a total staff of 680. Stevens ranks 14th in the nation among “Best Value Colleges” for best 20-year return on investment (PayScale College ROI Report, 2021), and 97% of its 2021 graduates secured jobs or admission to prestigious graduate programs within six months of graduation. Stevens also boasts a 93% first-year retention rate. The University has an endowment of $273 million. Our mission is to inspire, nurture and prepare students for an increasingly complex and technology-centric world, to develop innovative solutions to the most challenging problems of our time and to expand the frontiers of knowledge. Stevens' Strategic Plan focuses on the following priorities: Student Experience and Success: To enhance the educational experience and professional and personal success of our students and to help contribute to a workforce that fuels future economic growth. Impact Through Research and innovation: To amplify the impact of our technology-centric scholarship, discovery, invention and innovation enterprise to solve societal problems. Academic Reputation: To build our university’s academic reputation as a national and international leader in technology-centric education and research. Connected Community: To enhance and strengthen our university community on campus and around the world, and to strengthen the physical and digital infrastructure that supports our connected community on campus and with alumni, friends and partners. Stevens Institute of Technology is a student-centric research university, with technology at its core and the student experience always in mind. Stevens believes research and technology hold the keys to solving the pressing challenges in fields as diverse as finance, defense, medicine, urban planning and national infrastructure. Stevens educates more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students annually, employing more than 330 faculty in four academic divisions offering more than 30 majors. Stevens' academic programs are organized within and delivered by three distinguished schools and one college focused on engineering and science, systems thinking, business and the humanities. Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering & Science (SES) With nine departments and 50 academic programs, SES maintains a rigorous commitment to preparing the next generation of technology leaders by offering a multi-disciplinary, design-based education. School of Business Technology — from advanced analytics to artificial intelligence — is changing everything in business. Stevens' business programs teach the tools, skills and mindset required to lead teams, projects and organizations through unprecedented disruption. School of Systems & Enterprises (SSE) SSE offers three undergraduate majors, two minors, seven master's programs and three doctoral degrees, all of which focus on the core areas of systems and software engineering and enterprise science and engineering. College of Arts and Letters Devoted to research and scholarship, the College of Arts and Letters explores the humanities and arts through the lens of science and technology. This interdisciplinary unit of Stevens offers seven undergraduate majors, 13 minors and accelerated and pre-law programs.