FIU University Seal
| Location |
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Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC) 11200 S.W. 8th Street Miami, Florida 33199 |
| Contact |
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MMC Phone (305) 348-2000 |
| Website |
| http://www.fiu.edu |
Florida International University(FIU) is Miami's first and only public research university.[1]
FIU is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities, and awards over 3,400 graduate and professional degrees annually. The university offers 191 programs of study with more than 280 majors in 23 colleges and schools. FIU offers many graduate programs, including architecture, business administration, engineering, law, and medicine, offering 81 master's degrees, 34 doctoral degrees, and 3 professional degrees.[2]
The Green Library at MMC. (Photo by Luis Bolaños) FIU is the largest university in South Florida, the 2nd-largest in Florida, and the 7th-largest in the United States.[3] Total enrollment in 2012 was 50,394 students, including 14,177 graduate students, and 2,974 full-time faculty with over 180,000 alumni around the world.[4] In 2012, FIU's research expenditure was $104.6 million, with an endowment of $140 million.[5] The university has an annual budget of $1.07 billion.
FIU's main campus is located at University Park, and has locations across Miami including:
- Biscayne Bay Campus
- The Wolfsonian
- Miami Beach Urban Studios
- FIU Broward-Pines Center
- The Engineering Center
- FIU Downtown on Brickell
- Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
References:
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20070612150608/http://government.fiu.edu/06DidYouKnow.asp
3.http://metroatlantic.org/2013/02/11/americas-7th-largest-university-continues-to-grow/
