Welcome to Rutgers' online home. Like the university itself, it's your gateway to a world without limits. With more than 50,000 students on campuses in Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rutgers is one of the nation's major state universities. Chartered in 1766, it has a unique history as a colonial college, a land-grant institution, and a state university. Its 30 degree-granting units offer majors in over 100 fields and thousands of courses.