University computing facilities are also centered in Hill Center. New Brunswick is 33 miles south of New York city and 60 miles north of Philadelphia. Princeton is 16 miles away. New York and Philadelphia can be conveniently reached by train and there is regular bus service between New Brunswick and New York or Princeton. The graduate program in O.R. at Rutgers is enhanced by its proximity to major academic and industrial centers of Operations Research in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Housing is available both on campus and off campus in private apartments and houses.
Students who receive financial support in the form of an assistantship are eligible for medical, prescription, dental, and other benefits. Incoming students should plan to arrive on campus by late August in order to receive proper course advice, register for courses, receive teaching and other assignments, take English language tests, etc.