Frequently Asked Questions

Learn About NJIT’s Jersey City Location

About

The launch of NJIT’s Jersey City location in Fall 2019 marked a pivotal moment of growth—for our Ying Wu College of Computing and NJIT as a whole—among emerging tech hubs in the New York City metropolitan area. Designed with working professionals in mind, we opened with three state-of-the-art classrooms in the Merryl Lynch Building at 101 Hudson, mere minutes from World Trade Center and directly across Exchange Place’s PATH and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations.

We initially welcomed a select cohort of graduate students admitted to our M.S. in Data Science and our certificate programs in Data Mining and Big Data Essentials. Now, over five years later, we host nearly 250 students enrolled in five of our certificates and 12 masters-level and doctoral-level programs across NJIT’s five colleges.

1. Where is NJIT’s Jersey City location?

NJIT’s Jersey City location is on the 36th floor of 101 Hudson Street in Jersey City’s beautiful Waterfront district. 101 Hudson is a 42-story professionally-managed Class A office building, and we are privileged to occupy and share space in this building with various other tenants including the United States General Services Administration and multinational corporations such as Bank of America and Verizon.

2. How can I get to NJIT’s Jersey City location?

We strongly recommend traveling to NJIT’s Jersey City location via public transportation. If you do require parking, there are many free and metered street parking options and paid parking lots and garages in the area.

Public Transportation

NJIT’s Jersey City location is conveniently located directly across from both the Exchange Place PATH station and the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail's Exchange Place station, and two blocks from the Paulus Hook ferry dock.

NJIT and NJ Transit have partnered to offer full-time, students the opportunity to purchase a bus, rail or light rail monthly pass at 25% off the regular monthly pass price. For more information, including contact information for NJIT Commuter Resources staff, visit https://www.njit.edu/commuters/nj-transit-student-pass.

3. When is NJIT’s Jersey City location open?

NJIT’s Jersey City location observes the same academic calendar and holiday schedule as NJIT's Newark campus. Please check these pages for dates when the university is closed or no classes are scheduled, as well as deadlines to add/drop/withdraw from classes, final exam periods, and more.

Students can request an access card following the instructions in the “Access Cards” section of the Policies and Procedures page. After the last day to add/drop a class, students can use this card to access the NJIT suite as follows:

  • Jersey City Cohort students registered for classes at the Jersey City location during the current academic term can access the suite from 8:00 a.m. - 8:50 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding days when no classes are scheduled) by tapping their 101 Hudson access card on the NJIT suite’s main entrance card reader.
  • All other students registered for classes at the Jersey City location during the current academic term can access the suite (on their specific days of instruction only) from 4:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. by tapping their Jersey City access card at the NJIT suite’s main entrance card reader.

Students are not permitted to remain in the NJIT suite past 8:50 p.m. unless accompanied by a staff or faculty member for academic purposes.

4. How can I visit NJIT’s Jersey City location?

Prospective students should contact jerseycity@njit.edu to coordinate a visit with our admissions and outreach team. While we are unable to accommodate walk-in visits at this time, we look forward to scheduling time with you for a personal tour of our beautiful state-of-the-art facility and to answer your questions!

For more information about access to the Jersey City location, please see our Policies and Procedures page.

5. How will I know if NJIT’s Jersey City location has an unscheduled closing or early dismissal due to inclement weather or other circumstances?

Official notifications from the university regarding unscheduled closings also apply to NJIT’s Jersey City location. Please register with the NJIT Campus Wide Notification System to receive alerts regarding delayed opening or closings caused by weather, or potential, imminent threats to the safety of the university community.

6. How can I stay informed about alerts and emergencies in the City of Jersey City?

AlertJC is the official emergency notification system used by the City of Jersey City to communicate updates regarding emergencies. We encourage you to consider signing up to be in the know about extreme conditions that could impact Jersey City, including Covid-19, flooding, snow, and traffic emergencies.

If you are a Jersey City resident and/or work in Jersey City, we recommend entering the details for your residence or place of work on the "Enter Address" page. If you are not a Jersey City resident, we recommend entering the following details in the required fields on the "Enter Address" page:

Address Type: Office/Commercial
Street: 101 Hudson Street
City: Jersey City
State: New Jersey
Zip: 07302

Please note that AlertJC is not affiliated with NJIT, and that you are automatically enrolled in AlertJC if you have an existing Swift911 account.