Rutgers works to strengthen relations with its surrounding communities. We invite our neighbors to benefit from our resources and participate in dozens of events, programs, and services. Learn more:
Programs for the Community, Rutgers–New Brunswick
Civic Engagement,
Rutgers–Newark
Community Outreach,
Rutgers–Camden
Rutgers 4-H sparks a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math in New Jersey youngsters.
Veterans enrolling at Rutgers can find support and guidance in their transition to college life. Learn more.
Rutgers is The State University of New Jersey—the state’s preeminent public research university. We work every day with the people of New Jersey to understand and solve our most pressing problems. Balancing development and open space? Improving K–12 education? Encouraging economic growth? If it concerns New Jersey, it concerns Rutgers. Learn more about how your state university is at your service in New Jersey and beyond.
Explore these resources and find out how Rutgers can make you, your community, family, or business stronger and wiser (and maybe even happier)!
As New Jersey’s land-grant university, Rutgers has a fundamental commitment to improving agricultural viability and environmental health in the nation’s most densely populated state.
To enrich the mind and spirit, Rutgers offers a year-round calendar of arts, culture, and entertainment events, programs, and exhibits. Find resources here.
As New Jersey’s partner for a strong economy, Rutgers provides solutions that support economic growth and encourage new ventures based on fresh ideas and innovation.
Rutgers is New Jersey’s go-to resource for objective data, analysis, and forecasting on issues that affect our everyday lives, from airport and bicycle safety to voting rights and government efficiency.
New Jersey citizens access Rutgers’ continuing education programs to stay ahead in the workplace and expand their intellectual horizons.
Resources at Rutgers provide unique insights into New Jersey’s history, from prehistoric times to recent decades.
From the reading-ready preschooler to the high school senior seeking advanced coursework to the school district adopting new curriculum standards, Rutgers research and outreach focuses on the entire youth education continuum.
Rutgers helps New Jerseyans adopt behaviors, policies, and practices that promote safety, good health, and nutrition.
With Rutgers’ help, New Jerseyans are more science-savvy and better equipped to make good decisions for themselves, their families, and communities.
Many free and low-cost services help New Jersey senior citizens access a range of health, cultural, and educational programs at Rutgers.
Whether it’s tennis lessons for the kids, yoga to relieve stress, or a rousing football game with thousands of screaming fans, Rutgers sports and recreation programs keep you in the game.
Rutgers students from across the university are helping to raise money and collect food for the hungry with Rutgers Against Hunger. They’re baking pies, collecting cans of food, and even heading out to farms to glean collard greens, mustard greens, and turnips from the fields. Learn more.
