Jersey City, N.J. – November 27, 2023 – Saint Peter’s University and Stevens Institute of Technology today announced an academic program agreement aimed at fostering the next generation of engineering professionals. This partnership establishes a five-year program enabling students to obtain an accelerated bachelor’s degree in the sciences from Saint Peter’s University and a master’s degree in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Under this agreement, students will complete the first three years of their undergraduate education at Saint Peter’s, earning 105 credits toward their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in physics or other science fields. Upon successful completion of their undergraduate coursework, students will seamlessly transition to Stevens for the final two years of study.
“As the STEM programs at Saint Peter’s continue to grow, we are proud to have identified a track for students interested in engineering to further their education with a prestigious institution such as Stevens,” said WeiDong Zhu, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Peter’s University. “By providing an accelerated path to an advanced degree and a seamless transition between graduate and undergraduate studies, this partnership aims to produce highly skilled engineers while leveraging the strengths of two Hudson County institutions.”
This program is open to incoming Saint Peter’s University freshmen as well as current students that meet the GPA requirements set forth in the agreement. For admission into Stevens during the graduate phase of the program, applicants must have an overall GPA of at least 3.2 and a cumulative math and science GPA of at least 3.0.
“We are excited to add Saint Peters to our growing number of academic partnerships in the New York and New Jersey area,” said Jean Zu, Ph.D., Lore E. Feiler dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens. “Through this collaboration, Saint Peter’s students will be able to benefit from Stevens’ top-notch education programs and our legacy of engineering excellence.”
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About Saint Peter’s University
For more than 150 years, Saint Peter’s University, inspired by its Jesuit, Catholic identity, commitment to individual attention and grounding in the liberal arts, educates a diverse community of learners in undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional programs to excel intellectually, lead ethically, serve compassionately and promote justice in our ever-changing urban and global environment. To learn more, please visit saintpeters.edu.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, New Jersey. Since our founding in 1870, technological innovation has been the hallmark of Stevens’ education and research. Within the university’s four schools, 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate closely with faculty in an interdisciplinary, student-centric, entrepreneurial environment. Academic and research programs spanning business, computing, engineering, the arts and other disciplines actively advance the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront our most pressing global challenges. The university continues to be consistently ranked among the nation’s leaders in career services, post-graduation salaries of alumni and return on tuition investment.
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