About Us

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), commonly known as New York Tech and by the initials NYIT, is a private research university founded in 1955. It has two main campuses in New York—one in Old Westbury, on Long Island; and one in Manhattan. Additionally, it has a cybersecurity research lab and a biosciences, bioengineering lab in Old Westbury, as well as campuses in Arkansas, United Arab Emirates, China, and Canada.

The New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab is an important environment in the history of computer graphics and animation, as founders of Pixar and Lucasfilm began their research there.

New York Institute of Technology has five schools and two colleges, all with an emphasis on technology and applied scientific research: School of Architecture and Design, School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Management, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Osteopathic Medicine.

New York Tech offers a full range of undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. The institute currently offers five doctoral degree programs, and has plans of offering more doctoral degree programs in the near future. NYIT is the birthplace of entirely 3D  films. As of 2020, two Turing Award winners have been affiliated with the university.

As of 2018, New York Tech enrolls 9,930 full-time students across its campuses worldwide.  As of August 27, 2016, U.S. News & World Report listed NYIT as a "more selective" university.

New York Tech's intercollegiate competitive sports teams, include its four-time NCAA Division II national champion lacrosse team. All of NYIT's teams compete in Division II. In 2019, NYIT became a College World Series team. New York Tech announced in August 2020 that the , part of the East Coast Conference, would suspend its NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics for at least two years.