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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Miami, FL
Florida International University is Miami-Dade County’s first public, four-year university. Our powerful record of innovation and research continues to improve the quality of life in our communities.
FIU opened for classes in 1972 with 5,667 students - the largest opening day
enrollment in U.S. collegiate history. Today it has more than 38,000 students,
1,000+ full-time faculty and 130,000 alumni. FIU is one of the 25 largest universities
in the nation, based on enrollment.
FIU has two campuses, the 344-acre University Park campus in western Miami-Dade
County, and the 200-acre Biscayne Bay Campus in northeast Miami-Dade County.
The University also has an academic site in Broward County, FIU Broward Pines
Center in Pembroke Pines.
A major research facility, the 40-acre Engineering Center is located near the
University Park campus. The Downtown Center, located in downtown Miami, offers
graduate level business courses for busy professionals.
FIU’s intercollegiate athletic teams compete in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, the nation’s most competitive
college sports division, the Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA. Seventeen
sports programs are offered, including football (Division I-A), basketball,
track and cross-country, soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball.
FIU ranked first in the nation among four-year colleges for awarding bachelor’s
and master’s degrees to Hispanic students in the 2008 survey conducted
by the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine.
To learn more about us, please visit our website at: www.fiu.edu.










