History
Founded in the 1920s, Rutgers University-Camden began as the South Jersey Law School and the College of South Jersey. In 1950, the two schools became the Camden campus when it merged with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Rutgers was chartered in 1766 as Queen's College. After decades of providing students with a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum through the Faculty Arts and Sciences, in 1981 Rutgers-Camden began to offer its first master's degree programs, in biology, English, and business administration. In 1989, the growing demand for business offerings led to the founding of the School of Business-Camden, the first business school in southern New Jersey to earn prestigious accreditation from the AACSB International. Rutgers-Camden achieved another academic first in 2007: launching the first doctoral program on its campus--and the very first of its kind in the nation--with the PhD degree in childhood studies.
Specialties
Rutgers-Camden is a vibrant public research university on a 40-acre campus along the Camden Waterfront and in the heart of the metro Philadelphia region. The southernmost of the three regional campuses that comprise Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers-Camden delivers all the resources of one of America's most prestigious public research universities, with all the benefits of a supportive small-college experience that's close to home and the workplace. Rutgers-Camden is recognized the world over for its rigorous standards in faculty excellence and reputable academic programs that prepare all of its graduates for successful careers in the fields of their choice.