The 2017–18 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represented New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The Highlanders, led by sixth-year head coach Steve Lanpher, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey.

They were third-year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun).

They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.

On March 8, 2018, head coach Steve Lanpher resigned.