Infrastructure is defined as the whole built fabric of public spaces, institutions, facilities and services that shapes and sustains daily life. Collaboration between the disciplines concerned with different infrastructure components is necessary to develop holistic strategies for building more livable and efficient urban environments. The goal of the M.I.P. program is to gain a coherent understanding of the interrelationships between those components and to develop the potential of integrally planned and designed infrastructure systems to deal more effectively with the critical problems confronting our cities.

Using a variety of project settings, the program focuses on the natural environment and on public space, roads, transportation, services and utilities as interacting physical and spatial systems, as well as on parks, schools, housing and civic institutions. The purpose is to develop operational strategies that integrate the broadest possible range of planning and design policies, methods and actions for improving human settlements; and to resolve in environmental terms the larger social and political issues that affect the quality of life in our communities.

Capitalizing on NJIT 's multidisciplinary resources and location at the center of the nation's greatest regional concentration of urban infrastructure, the M.I.P. program incorporates applied research and realistic problem solving in its curriculum and also offers internships and research assistantships. M.I.P. faculty, drawn from the university's four academic divisions, is supplemented by eminent infrastructure planning practitioners. Collaborative relationships have been established with complementary academic programs at Rutgers University and with regional, national and international institutions concerned with infrastructure. At NJIT, a number of notable research facilities are engaged in specialized work related to infrastructure planning and design.

Dual Degree Programs: Dual M.Arch./M.I.P. or M.S. in Civil Engineering/M.I.P. degree options that reduce the number of credits required to obtain the two degrees separately are available to students with superior academic records who hold bachelor's degrees in architecture or engineering from NJIT or equivalent degrees from other universities; or who are prospective graduates of the professional M.Arch. program at NJIT. See "Architecture" for the M.Arch./M.I.P dual degree program description. See the graduate advisor for the M.S. in Civil Engineering/M.I.P. dual degree program description.

Admission Requirements:
Applicants must have a bachelor's or a master's degree in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, or engineering. A GPA of at least 3.0 is expected and evidence of potential for graduate study is to be demonstrated by a portfolio, letters of recommendation, GRE scores, and TOEFL scores of 550 (pencil and paper) and 213 (computer-based) in the case of international students.

Bridge Program: Students not sufficiently experienced in design will be required to take an intensive bridge course in design prior to entering the program. This course does not count toward degree credit.

Degree Requirements:
Students must complete 36 course credits through full- or part-time study. Up to 6 credits toward the degree may be waived based on previous academic study. Additional elective courses may be taken in disciplines related to infrastructure planning, but do not count toward degree credit.

Required:
The following courses are required, subject to those waived in individual cases; however, no waivers will be given for studio courses. A typical full-time study plan over two semesters is shown below; degree credits are in parentheses.

Semester 1: