UCONN NextGen

The “Next Generation Connecticut” makes STEM a top priority and positions UConn to ascend the ranks of the world’s elite research universities. 

The goal is to make Connecticut competitive again in fields such as bioscience, engineering, digital media, and technology. 

Job growth is currently Connecticut’s number one concern.

As other sectors of Connecticut’s economy lose ground, there is great hope for its "knowledge" economy.

This new law aims to ensure that our young people have the skills they need to fill good, quality Connecticut jobs.

We must be mindful as we invest in our flagship University.  These are the students we want to keep in Connecticut.  They are our states future.  Let's keep UCONN affordable.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

The “Next Generation Connecticut” makes STEM a top priority. 

 Among the features of the new law are:

 A $1.5 billion construction component which will create new scientific laboratories, buy advanced equipment, build new classrooms, and add housing.

• Hundreds of new faculty will be hired in STEM disciplines and the student body in STEM fields will be expanded.
• The initiative is projected to support more than 4,000 permanent jobs, plus 30,000 construction jobs.
• Increasing total UConn enrollment by 6,580, or about 30 percent. Of those, almost 3,300 will be STEM students, including 70 percent more engineering students.

• Revolutionizing STEM infrastructure at the Storrs campus by building facilities to house materials science, physics, biology, engineering, cognitive science, genomics studies, labs, and related disciplines.
• Establishing 50 STEM doctoral fellowships and creating the nation’s premier STEM honors program, including a residential learning community.

·         Price Tag: Construction and renovations for the plan would be funded by a $1.5 billion state bond and $235 million from UConn 2000/21st Century UConn — a $2.3 billion initiative that began in 1995.