The 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Highlanders, led by eighth year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at the Fleisher Center.

After two seasons as the only Division I independent, they were first year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun tournament to Stetson.

They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Army, Boston University, and Texas–Arlington to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Columbia.