Newark is a center for the arts and business. As one of America’s largest college towns, over 30,000 students attend classes in the downtown area and University Heights. The RU-N community has long recognized that our location is both a definitive influence in our story and a distinctive strength. Our home city attracts and cultivates talents on many levels, ranging from generations of students hungry for the opportunity from a first-rate higher education institution to faculty dedicated to high-impact scholarship.
At RU-N, over 12,000 students work on undergraduate and graduate degrees in the arts and sciences, business, nursing, criminal justice, public administration, graduate school, and law. Our student population represents over seventy countries. Our university takes pride in its leadership role in educating a racially and ethnically diverse group of students to become literate and productive citizens, prepared for future opportunities and challenges. RU-Newark’s undergraduate programs provide students with the knowledge and skills to participate fully in the economic, scientific, cultural, and political life of the state, the nation, and an evolving and increasingly independent world.
RU-Newark is a doctoral-granting research institution that has evolved into one of New Jersey’s leading education and research centers. As a major university center, RU-Newark comprises the resources of a national research institution, including extensive research, computing, and library facilities. Its small, collegiate atmosphere provides students with the individualized attention of a distinguished and dedicated faculty.
Courses are available throughout the year. The Office of Summer & Winter Sessions provides academic opportunities at RU-Newark in the Summer and Winter Session. During the Winter, over 50 online, in-person, or hybrid courses are offered.
With an accelerated meeting schedule, the Winter Session offers students the opportunity to take advantage of smaller class sizes, a convenient location, and flexible course schedules. Attending a winter course offers students the ideal opportunity to accelerate time to graduation, improve their GPA, explore a subject of interest, or reduce next semester’s course work. The winter allows students to focus on a single subject matter, empowering students to master the material, a feat impossible during the academic year.
Courses are open to all members of the community. Current Rutgers students may register via WebReg. Visiting students from another institution, past Rutgers students, or adults interested in personal enrichment, professional development, or degree completion opportunities can submit a Visiting Student Registration Form to create a student record and receive registration instructions. Academically qualified pre-college students can submit a High School Student Application.
The Office of Summer & Winter Sessions is located in Blumenthal Hall – Room 208. Please email, call, follow us on social media, or reach out to our office with any winter-related questions.