1955: Provisional charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents. First campus opens in New York City. Alexander Schure, Ph.D., Ed.D., is New York Tech's first president.
1959: New York Institute of Technology awards first degrees; “teaching machines” introduced in physics, electronics and mathematics.
1960: New York State Board of Regents grants provisional charter to operate as a four-year college.
1964: Carnegie Corp. provides grant to develop automated, self-instructional system to train engineering technicians.
1965: Long Island campus, formerly known as Old Westbury campus, opens on the former Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney estate.
1968: Federal government awards $3 million in grants to university for computer research.
1970: Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools grants accreditation; enrollment soars past 5,000; alumni association established.
1972: New York Tech introduces first graduate-level program: Master’s in Business Administration.
1974: Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGL) opens at Long Island campus.
1976: New York City campus moves to current location at 61st Street and Broadway; CGL’s Alvy Ray Smith develops eight-bit paint system to ease computer animation.
1977: Nelson A. Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger take part in College of Osteopathic Medicine’s opening.
1982: Matthew Schure, Ph.D., becomes New York Tech’s second president; Center for Labor and Industrial Relations receives a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to develop a manager training program.
1983: LI News Tonight broadcasts its first show on cable television.
1984: New York Tech launches its first "virtual campus," American Open University of NYIT.
1985: The university's "Starlink" allows computer conferencing between Long Island schoolchildren and students in Australia.
1990: The George and Gertrude Wisser Memorial Library opens on the Long Island campus.
1992: College of Osteopathic Medicine establishes first clinical campus, St. Barnabas Hospital.
1997: Men's lacrosse team wins the NCAA Division II national championship.
1998: First international program in China opens; College of Osteopathic Medicine opens the Adele Smithers Parkinson's Disease Center.
1999: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks on campus and receives NYIT Presidential Medal.
2000: Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., becomes president.
2002: University installs East Coast’s fastest broadband connection; federal government awards $300,000 for new cyber security lab.
2003: Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccredits New York Tech and commends continued improvements; Ellis College of NYIT launched; men's lacrosse team wins its second NCAA Division II championship.
2005: Men's lacrosse team wins its third NCAA Division II championship; interdisciplinary team of students build solar-powered house for U.S. Solar Decathlon and place fifth out of 18 colleges. First annual Energy Conference is held.
2006: New York tech and Tongji University initiate dual-degree master's program in human resources management; New York Tech teams with tech giants Intel, Dell, Microsoft, and Adobe to design a technology training programs for educators; Campus opened in Abu Dhabi; Enrollment Services Centers (formerly Student Solutions Center) open in Long Island and New York City.
2007: NYIT-Nanjing undergraduate campus opens in China; university again competes in Solar Decathlon sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy.
2008: Middle States Commission on Higher Education re-accredits New York Institute of Technology; men's lacrosse team wins fourth NCAA DII championship; Abu Dhabi campus is first American university licensed by U.A.E. Ministry of Education and Scientific Research; New York Tech hosts International Water Conference at the United Nations; Center for Global Health launched.
2009: NYIT Auditorium on Broadway debuts in New York City; U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration awards $1 million grant to College of Osteopathic Medicine.
2010: University receives $1 million grant from National Science Foundation for interdisciplinary research on cyber-enabled learning; first Cybersecurity Conference held; Google Apps and New York Tech team up on K-12 educational initiative; Community Service Centers open at New York campuses.
2011: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium of NYIT receives perfect score for reaccreditation by the American Osteopathic Association; College of Osteopathic Medicine opens new Family Health Care Center in Central Islip; National Institutes of Health awards New York Tech $1.8 million grant to study the link between heart failure and thyroid disease.
2012: 1855 Broadway in New York City named the Edward Guiliano Global Center; School of Architecture and Design is one of two U.S. universities invited to display student work at the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy.
2013: Women's basketball team earns the program's first national ranking from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association; NSF awards New York Tech a three-year grant to establish Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU); Men's and women's tennis teams advance to the NCAA DII Tournament Round of 16 for the first time (repeat in 2014, 2015). New York Tech hosts its first TEDx.
2014: As part of its EcoPartnership with Peking University, university hosts Water-Energy Nexus conference in Beijing.
2015: NYIT School of Management receives AACSB accreditation; $3.2 million Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center opened on Long Island campus; New York Tech and partner NUPT hold educational technology conference in Nanjing, China and together with EcoPartner Peking University co-sponsor “Megacities” conference in Beijing.
2016: New York Tech wins Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization.
2016: NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine opens site at Arkansas State University.
2016: National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designate New York Tech as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.
2017: Hank Foley, Ph.D., named university’s fourth president.
2018: Junius Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A., named university’s provost.
2018: New York Tech launches its first Ph.D. program, a combined Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Medical and Biological Sciences.
2019: New York Tech surges 130 points and moves up to No. 366 in the THE/WSJ rankings; university hosts THE/WSJ Student Success Forum on New York City campus.
2019: In September, New York Tech becomes a member of the prestigious Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU).
2020: In March, due to COVID-19, the university moves to remote instruction for the remainder of spring and summer. Fall 2020 classes were offered in a mix of online, hybrid, and in-person modalities.
2020: In April, New York Tech launches a Ph.D., Computer Science program.
2021: New York Tech announces a Ph.D., Engineering program in June.
2021: In November, through a NASA contract with the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences’ Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), student employees begin to build unique technology prototypes based on existing NASA patents.
2022: Co-op education program launches in the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences.
2023: In January, Jerry Balentine, D.O., is appointed provost.
2023: New York Tech joins the National Academy of Inventors in April.
2023: In September, demolition begins on the new Biomedical Research, Innovation, and Imaging Center (BRIIC) on the Long Island campus.
2024: Extending a designation first awarded in 2016, New York Tech is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense education.
2024: In September, New York Tech introduces its Honors College and in December, launches a minor in Artificial Intelligence, available to all undergraduate students, regardless of major.
2024: In November, Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D., announces he will step down as president, effective June 30, 2025. and Provost and Executive Vice President Jerry Balentine, D.O., has been appointed the next president of New York Tech.
2025: New York Tech announces a Ph.D., Chemistry program.
2025: On May 16, New York Tech launches the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy with $5 million venture fund and celebrates the grand opening of the Biomedical Research, Innovation, and Imaging Center (BRIIC) on the Long Island campus.