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.

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.

2020: In March, due to COVID-19, university moves to remote instruction for remainder of spring and summer. Fall 2020 classes were offered in a mix of online, hybrid, and in-person modalities.