<p>NYU is very gratified by todays vote by the New York State Regents that enables NYU and Polytechnic University to move forward with their partnership. Our two institutions will be far stronger connected than either would be on its own.
This is a great day for NYU, for Poly, and for New York. For NYU, it reconnects the University to an engineering research and education capacity we have not had for over three decades, offering wonderful new opportunities for NYU faculty and students. For Poly, it connects a venerable school of engineering and technology to a national research university, thereby drawing in students and faculty from across the country and across the world; moreover, it significantly broadens the range of academic activities and facilities to which Poly students and faculty will now have access. And for New York, this important step forward in the relationship between NYU and Poly holds the prospect of sparking a major advancement of our citys stature as a world capital for science, technology and engineering.</p>
<p>Unlikely that anyone will know the answer to this one for some years...</p>
<p>That said, the immediate impact is likely to be minimal, if even perceptible - academic institutions are highly resistant to change, requiring either decades of strong leadership or Katrina-like exogenous events...I doubt the professors will even start saying NYU Poly for years... Normally, my counsel is to go talk to the institution, but in this case, I'm not sure that would result in anything meaningful.</p>
<p>So, my humble opinion (without any inside knowledge)is that if D/S was interested before the merger, he'll be interested after, and probably won't really experience any changes (good or bad) before he graduates.</p>
<p>The Poly site seems to have alot more info than NYU's
They actually seem to be marketing it with their merger central.
They prominently mentioned a tease in their last letter to us.
Lot's of good FAQ's and looks like every article ever written on the merger.</p>
<p>polytech will likely be a separated school (like Stern and CAS, not as a separated university) as part of the university within 3-5 years. Or it might be even integrated into CAS like the Courant Institute. Since the Courant Institute share the similar majors/topics, it is likely they will be placed together probably under the Courant name or new name (School of Mathematical Sciences & Engineering?), or combined name like Courant & Polytech Institute.</p>
<p>hmmm...i think the merge of poly and nyu is kind of similar with the affiliated schools of columbia (i.e. jewish theological, barnard, TC, union theological) its definetly a grey area but i would have to bet money that poly students are DEFINETLY nyu students....based on the information that I've gathered. its kind of like asking a barnard student, "hey, do you go to columbia?", they would most-likely reply, "kind-of...barnard IS an affiliate". like xNYer said, it definetly sounds pretty complicated</p>