The History program offered by New Jersey Institute of Technology aims to enhance the professional experience and increase the opportunities for advancement of students who are already working as professionals in these fields.

Program administration and teaching are shared by faculty from both campuses, and the full resources of both universities are available to all history graduate students and faculty. Resources include access to the Rutgers University library system of more than three million volumes, to the outstanding collection in the history of medicine at UMDNJ, and to excellent history collections in the region. 

The program emphasizes hands-on learning and archival research in association with local institutions, such as the Thomas Edison National Historic Site in nearby West Orange and the Newark Museum and the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark.