New England Institute of Technology
Main Campus in East Greenwich
Other name
NEIT
TypeTechnical university
Established1940 (1940)
PresidentRichard I. Gouse
Academic staff
133 full-time, 212 part-time (2015)[1]
Administrative staff
189
Students2,919 (2015)[1]
Undergraduates2,813 (2015)[1]
Postgraduates106 (2015)[1]
Location
East Greenwich
,
Rhode Island
,
United States
MascotTech Tigers
Websitewww.neit.edu

New England Institute of Technology (New England Tech or NEIT) is a private university with its main campus in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It was established in 1940[2] and Richard I. Gouse has been the president since 1971.[3]

Campuses

New England Tech's main campus is located on One New England Tech Blvd, East Greenwich with two smaller campuses located in Warwick.[4]

East Greenwich Campus

Atrium and waterfalls in the East Greenwich campus.

The East Greenwich Campus is the main campus for all administrative, residence, athletics, and student services.[5] The campus's centerpiece is a newly renovated 265,000-square-foot facility[5] dedicated to classrooms, technical labs, medical suites for training simulations, and administrative services. The interior features technical labs and an open atrium with multi-tiered waterfall.[3] A 400-bed residence hall is also located on the East Greenwich campus.

The building had been intended to serve as headquarters for the Eckerd Corporation.[3] The site was purchased in 2007 still unfinished, and extensively customized for New England Tech.[3] It opened to students in summer 2011; a major expansion begun in 2014 added dormitories and new instructional space.[3]

Julian B. Gouse Campus

The Julian B. Gouse Campus is a 57,000-square-foot facility containing classroom and laboratory space located on Post Road in Warwick, Rhode Island.[4]

Access Road campus

The Access Road Campus consists of four buildings, including an automotive technician school which opened in 2005.[4]

Academics

The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.[6] It offers degrees in various technical areas, including plumbing and heating ventilation, architectural design, nursing, occupational therapy, veterinary technology, business management, criminal justice and software engineering, shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing.[3]

National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (or NAFTC) has a Training Center located at NEIT.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "New England Institute of Technology". College Navigator. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Technical College of New England". NEIT. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New England Tech announces $120-million expansion of East Greenwich campus". The Providence Journal. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Campus Setting". New England Institute of Technology. New England Institute of Technology. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "East Greenwich Campus". New England Institute of Technology. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "New England Association of Schools and Colleges". NEASC. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ "NAFTC National Training Centers" (PDF). NAFTC. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
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