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Rutgers University

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University), is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States.

Scooters

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Rental dockless e-scooters are available on Rutgers campus. Notably, Rutgers professor Juan A. Ayala is notable for doing wheelies on these scooters.

Rutgers was designated The State University of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956.[1] The campuses of Rutgers are in New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark and Camden. Rutgers is the largest university within New Jersey's state university system, and it was ranked 46th in the world academically in a 2006 survey conducted by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[2] The university offers more than 100 distinct bachelor, 100 master, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs across 175 academic departments, 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study.[3]

References

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  1. N.J.S.A. Archived 2012-12-24 at Archive.today 18A:65-1 et seq. (Public Law 1956, chapter 61) repealing and succeeding P.L. 1945, c.49, p.115. accessed 8 August 2006.
  2. Top 500 World Universities (2006) Archived 2007-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Accessed 31 December 2006.
  3. Getting to Know Rutgers Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website, published by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (no further authorship information available), accessed 25 January 2007.