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Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in University Park, Florida, United States. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest university in Florida and the eighth-largest public university in the United States by enrollment.[10][11] FIU is a constituent part of the State University System of Florida.

Florida International University
A gold and white seal. On the outer roundel are the words Florida International University and Miami, set in a serif. A shield topped with the motto "Spes Scientia Facultas" dominates the middle. Beneath are a torch, book, and globe. A scroll beneath the shield contains the year of foundation, 1968, and a laurel.
MottoSpes Scientia Facultas (Latin)
Motto in English
"Hope, Knowledge, Opportunity"
TypePublic research university
Established1965; 59 years ago (1965)
FounderFlorida Legislature
Parent institution
State University System of Florida
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment$276 million (2022)
Budget$1.7 billion (2021)[1]
PresidentKenneth A. Jessell[2]
ProvostElizabeth M. Bejar[3]
Academic staff
7,665 (2021)
Administrative staff
9,856 (2017)
Students54,085[4] (fall 2023)
Undergraduates44,045 (fall 2023)
Postgraduates10,040 (fall 2023)
Location
University Park[a]
,
Florida
,
United States

25°45′25″N 80°22′26″W / 25.757°N 80.374°W / 25.757; -80.374
CampusLarge suburb[7], 587.1 acres (237.6 ha)[5][6]
Other campuses and centers[8]
NewspaperPantherNOW
ColorsBlue and gold[9]
   
NicknamePanthers
Sporting affiliations
MascotRoary The Panther
Websitefiu.edu

The university is classified among the Carnegie "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" institutions.[12] FIU has 11 colleges and more than 40 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes that offer more than 200 programs of study.[13] It has an annual budget of over $1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $5 billion.[14] The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

FIU's intercollegiate sports teams, the FIU Panthers, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Conference USA (C-USA). FIU's varsity sports teams have won five athletic championships and Panther athletes have won various individual NCAA national championships. Kenneth A. Jessell has served as President of FIU since 2022.[15]

History

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The intersection between the Graham University Center and the Green Library is considered to be the heart of the campus.

In 1943, state senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham (father of future Florida governor and U.S. senator Bob Graham) presented the state legislature with the initial proposal for the establishment of a public university in Miami-Dade County.[16] While his bill did not pass, Graham persisted in presenting his proposal to colleagues, advising them of the county's need for a state university. He felt the establishment of a public university was necessary to serve the city's growing population.[17]

In 1964, Senate Bill 711 was introduced by Florida senator Robert M. Haverfield.[18] It instructed the state Board of Education and the Board of Regents to begin planning for the development of the state university. The bill was signed into law by then-governor W. Haydon Burns in June 1965.[16] FIU's founding president Charles "Chuck" Perry was appointed by the board of regents in July 1969, at which time the institution was named Florida International University.[19] At 32 years old, the new president was the youngest in the history of the State University System[20] and, at the time, the youngest university president in the country. Perry recruited three co-founders, Butler Waugh, Donald McDowell and Nick Sileo. Alvah Chapman, Jr., former Miami Herald publisher and Knight Ridder chairman, used his civic standing and media power to assist the effort. In the 1980s, Chapman became chair of the FIU Foundation Board of Trustees.[17]

The founders located the campus on the site of the original Tamiami Airport (not related to the later Kendall-Tamiami Airport) on the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41) between Southwest 107th and 117th Avenues, just east of where the West Dade Expressway (now the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike) was being planned.[19] The abandoned airport's air traffic control tower became FIU's first building, with Perry's office on the first floor.[21][22] It originally had no telephones, no drinking water, and no furniture. Perry decided that the tower should never be destroyed, and it remains on campus, where it is now known variously as the "Veterans Office," "Ivory Tower," the "Tower Building," or the "Public Safety Tower," and is the former location of the FIU Police Department.

The groundbreaking for the Tamiami campus was held in January 1971. U Thant received FIU's first honorary degree.[23]

Miami-Dade County's public university

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The Graham Center, FIU's student union; over 3.5 million people walk through the Graham Center every year, making it the heart of student life at FIU[24]

In September 1972, 5,667 students entered the new state university, the largest opening day enrollment at the time. Eighty percent of the student body had just graduated from Dade County Junior College (now Miami-Dade College). A typical student entering FIU was 25 years old and attending school full-time while holding down a full-time job. Forty-three percent were married. Negotiations with the University of Miami and Dade County Junior College led FIU to open as an upper-division only school; Perry's vision foresaw a "no gimmicks" institution with no student housing.[25] It would be nine years before lower-division classes were added.[17]

The first commencement, held in June 1973, took place in the reading room of the ground floor of Primera Casa–the only place large enough on campus for the ceremony. More than 1,500 family members and friends watched FIU's first class of 191 graduates receive their diplomas.[17] By late 1975, after seven years at the helm, Charles Perry felt he had accomplished his goal and left the university to become president and publisher of the Sunday newspaper magazine Family Weekly (later USA Weekend), one of the country's largest magazines. When he left, there were more than 10,000 students attending classes and a campus with five major buildings and a sixth being planned.[17]

Crosby and Wolfe: 1976–1986

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Chemistry & Physics building

Harold Crosby, the university's second president and the founding president of the University of West Florida in Pensacola, agreed in 1976 to serve a three-year "interim" term. Under his leadership, FIU's North Miami Campus (which was officially renamed the Bay Vista Campus in 1980, the North Miami Campus in 1987,[26] the North Campus in 1994, and the Biscayne Bay Campus in 2000)—located on the former Interama site on Biscayne Bay—was opened in 1977. State senator Jack Gordon was instrumental in securing funding for the development of the campus. President Crosby emphasized the university's international character, prompting the launching of new programs with an international focus and the recruitment of faculty from the Caribbean and Latin America. President Crosby's resignation in January 1979 triggered the search for a "permanent" president.[27]

Gregory Baker Wolfe, a former United States diplomat and then-president of Portland State University, became FIU's third president, serving from 1979 to 1986. During his tenure, the institution continued to grow; it became a four-year institution, though Wolfe was criticized for not hiring enough minorities and for leading a weak private fundraising effort.[28] After stepping down as president, Wolfe taught in the university's international relations department. The student union on the Biscayne Bay Campus is named in his honor.[27]

Maidique presidency and expansion

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FIU College of Business Complex
 
Modesto A. Maidique, 4th President

Modesto A. Maidique assumed the presidency at FIU in 1986, becoming the fourth in the university's history and the first Hispanic leader of any of Florida's state universities.[29] Maidique graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), before joining the private sector. He held academic appointments from MIT, Harvard and Stanford Universities, and has been named to several US presidential boards and committees.[30]

Under his leadership, FIU heralded in an era of unprecedented growth and prestige, with all facets of the university undergoing major transformations. Physically, the university tripled in size and its enrollment grew to nearly 40,000. During his 23 years as president, the school established the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, the FIU College of Law, the FIU School of Architecture, and the Robert Stempel School of Public Health. Also during his tenure, the endowment grew from less than $2 million to over $100 million.[31]

During Maidique's tenure, the university added 22 new doctoral programs. Research expenditures grew from about $6 million to nearly $110 million as defined by the National Science Foundation.[32] In 2000, FIU attained the highest ranking in the Carnegie Foundation classification system, that of "Doctoral/Research University-Extensive."[33] FIU's faculty has engaged in research and holds far-reaching expertise in reducing morbidity and mortality from cancer, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, diabetes and other diseases, and change the approaches to the delivery of health care by medical, public health, nursing and other healthcare professionals, hurricane mitigation, climate change, nano-technologies, forensic sciences, and the development of biomedical devices. The arts also flourished while Maidique was at the helm, with the university acquiring The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach and building the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum on its main campus. In athletics, FIU made inroads in becoming a powerhouse athletic university during Maidique's time as president; he unilaterally changed the mascot from the Sunblazers to the Golden Panthers early in his tenure,[34] and he championed the eventual establishment of an NCAA football program. Finally, the school earned membership into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society.[35]

Maidique was the second longest-serving research university president in the nation.[32] Now President Emeritus, he serves as the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Eminent Scholar Chair in Leadership, and Professor of Management at FIU.

Rosenberg presidency

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Mark B. Rosenberg, 5th President
 
Paul Cejas School of Architecture Building

On November 14, 2008, Maidique announced that he would be stepping down and asked FIU's board of trustees to begin the search of a new president. He said he would remain president until a new one was found.[36] On April 25, 2009, Mark B. Rosenberg was selected to become FIU's fifth president. He signed a five-year contract with the board of trustees.[37] On August 29, 2009, Rosenberg became FIU's fifth president.[38]

 
The Wertheim Conservatory houses many rare species of plants and foliage.

Having begun as a two-year upper division university, FIU has grown into a much larger traditional university and serves international students. More than $600 million has been invested in campus construction, with the addition of new residence halls, the FIU Stadium, recreation center, student center, and Greek life mansions, as well as the fielding of the Division I-A Golden Panthers football team in 2002.[39]

Since 1986, the university established its School of Architecture, College of Law and College of Medicine (named the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in 1999 after Herbert Wertheim donated $20 million to the college, which was matched by state funds and is the largest donation in the university's history),[40] and acquired the historic Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in Miami Beach.[41][42] FIU now emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and is now classed as a "very high research activity" university under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Sponsored research funding (grants and contracts) from external sources for the year 2007–2008 totaled some $110 million. FIU has a budget of over $649 million.[11] The Florida International University School of Hospitality & Tourism Management collaborated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to work on preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics. FIU was the only university in the United States invited to do so.[43][44]

In December 2013, it was announced Royal Caribbean was building a $20 million 130,000 sq. ft. training facility for its performers at the school.[45] The facility opened in March 2015.[46] The complex serves architecture, art, and hospitality students and includes lighting, set design, marketing, and other internship and training opportunities.[45][47] On March 15, 2018, a newly constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed outside the university, resulting in six fatalities.[48] On May 6, 2020, Florida Department of Transportation announced plans to design and rebuild the bridge.

Rosenberg suddenly resigned from the university effective January 21, 2022, citing deteriorating health conditions of his wife. Just a week later it was revealed that he stepped down because of allegations that he had made advances to a younger female employee, "causing discomfort," and creating a hostile work environment.[49] Rosenberg is currently a professor of political science and international relations at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at FIU.[50]

Jessell presidency

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Rosenberg was succeeded by Kenneth A. Jessell as president, previously FIU's chief financial officer and senior vice president for finance and administration.[51] Jessell was selected as FIU's sixth president on October 17, 2022 by FIU's board of trustees and was confirmed by the Florida Board of Governors on November 9, 2022.[15][52]

In April 2024, students at Florida International University started protesting and  set up a "liberated zone"[53]  in support of Palestinians in Gaza, joining other campuses nationwide.[54][55]  With Florida Governor De Santis strongly condemning the protests and threatening to deport foreign students,[56] the ACLU of Florida weighed in with a statement supporting the students right to protest.[57] FIU students cited the threats by the government for staying away from the protests.[58] The protesters called for an end to "the siege on Gaza” and the U.S. providing funding and arms to Israel.[59] Students alleged that Israel was engaged in genocide against the Palestinians.[60]

Campus

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Further information: University Park, Florida
 
View of the campus towards Primera Casa and Deuxième Maison; the campus' oldest buildings are classic examples of Brutalist architecture
 
FIU Graham Center Atrium

Florida International's 344-acre (139 ha) campus is in the neighborhood of University Park in the census-designated place of Westchester in an unincorporated area of western Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Modesto A. Maidique Campus ("MMC")—formerly called University Park but renamed in 2009[61]—encompasses 344 acres (1.39 km2). The MMC houses almost all of the university's colleges and schools as well as all the administrative offices and main university facilities. MMC is also home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential House, the home of FIU's president; the Wertheim Performing Arts Center; the Frost Art Museum; the International Hurricane Research Center; and the university's athletic facilities such as FIU Stadium, FIU Arena, and the FIU Baseball Stadium.

The postal address of the Modesto Maidique campus is in "Miami, Florida" and the ZIP code is 33199, while the campus is physically in the Westchester census-designated place as of the 2020 U.S. Census.[62] In the 1990 U.S. Census it was in the Olympia Heights CDP.[63] In the 2000 U.S. Census and the 2010 U.S. Census that campus was in the University Park CDP.[64][65]

The site of the campus was originally used for a general aviation airport called Tamiami Airport (not to be confused with Kendall-Tamiami Airport), which was in operation from the 1940s until 1967, when it relocated to a new site.[66] The airport had three runways and was used for pilot training, among other purposes.[67] The original campus was named the Tamiami Campus, after the nearby Tamiami Trail highway and the former airport, until being designated the University Park Campus in 1987.[26]

Until the early 1990s, the runways, parking ramp, and other features of Tamiami Airport were still visible on campus and clearly discernible in aerial photos.[67] Construction has removed all of these features, and only the University Tower remains as a memory of the university's past.[68] University Park is a heavily vegetated campus, with many lakes, a 15-acre nature preserve, and a palm arboretum, with over 90 buildings. As of late 2009, current construction at University Park includes the Nursing and Health Sciences Building, the School of International and Public Affairs Building, and a fifth parking garage.[69]

On June 12, 2009, FIU's board of trustees voted unanimously to rename the University Park campus to the Modesto Maidique Campus; the university had considered naming the law school in his honor but decided not to because that would preclude a future charitable donation to name the school.[61] The change created a large backlash from the FIU community, as many felt it unfitting to name the campus after him. A campaign by FIU students and alumni was created to revert the name change, and to keep the name University Park. A Facebook group, "No to Maidique's Campus" with over 2,000 supporters has made national news, in many newspapers, TV news stations, and collegiate magazines, supporting to keep the name "University Park".[70]

Engineering Center

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Main article: Engineering Center

Located five blocks north of Modesto A. Maidique, is the 38-acre (15.3 ha) Engineering Center which houses a part of the College of Engineering and Computing and is the home of FIU's Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility. The Engineering Center is serviced by the CATS Shuttle, FIU's student buses, which run throughout the day on weekdays connecting the two parts of campus.[71]

Main Modesto A. Maidique buildings

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  • Campus Support Complex, 1999
  • Chemistry & Physics Building, 1990
  • College of Business Complex, 2008
  • College of Engineering & Computing Phase I, Under construction (est. completion Apr. 2024)
  • College of Health Building, 1989
  • Deuxième Maison, 1973
  • Engineering Center, 1996
  • Engineering and Computer Sciences Building, 1990
  • Everglades Hall, 2002
  • FIU Arena, 1986
  • FIU Stadium, 1995
  • Frost Art Museum, 1977 (new building: 2007)
  • Graham Center, 1974
  • Green Library, 1975
  • Health and Life Sciences Phases I and II, 2000
  • Labor Center, 1994
  • Lakeview Hall North and South, 2006
  • Management And New Growth Opportunities, 2015
  • Management and Advanced Research Center, 2002
  • National Hurricane Center/National Weather Service, 1995
  • Nursing and Health Sciences Building, 2009
  • Owa Ehan, 1975
  • Panther Hall, 1996
  • Parkview Hall, 2013
  • Paul Cejas School of Architecture Building, 2003
  • Primera Casa, 1969
  • Rafael Diaz-Balart Law Building, 2006
  • Recreation Center, 2005
  • Ronald Reagan House, 2001
  • Ryder Business Building, 1992
  • School of International and Public Affairs Phase I, 2010
  • School of International and Public Affairs Phase II, 2023
  • Science Classroom Complex, 2012
  • Stocker AstroScience Center, 2013
  • Tamiami Hall, 2022
  • Trish and Dan Bell Chapel, Under construction (est. completion Feb. 2024)
  • University Health Services Complex, 1992
  • University Apartments, 1986
  • University Towers, 2000
  • Viertes Haus, 1975
  • Wertheim Conservatory, 1991
  • Wertheim Performing Arts Center, 1996
  • Ziff Education Building, 1995

Carlos Finlay Elementary School, of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, is on the FIU Maidique Campus.[74] The National Weather Service Miami Office is also on FIU property. Both Finlay ES and the Hurricane Center are subleased.[75]

Biscayne Bay Campus

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Main article: Biscayne Bay Campus
 
The Glenn Hubert Library at Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus

The Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) in North Miami is Florida International's 200-acre (91 ha) waterfront branch campus. It was opened in 1977 by Harold Crosby and occupies land, directly on the bay and adjacent to the Oleta River State Park, with which FIU has a research partnership. Access to these resources inspired the creation of a marine biology program on the Biscayne Bay Campus, which has become one of the university's most recognized programs. The Biscayne Bay Campus also houses the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management,[76] the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Aquatic Center, and the Kovens Conference Center. The Golden Panther Express, FIU's student buses, connect the main campus and the Biscayne Bay Campus throughout the day on weekdays.[77]

On the Biscayne Bay Campus, FIU offers housing through Bayview Student Living apartments. BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years houses 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay.[41][78] Through FIU's Panther Express Shuttle, current students travel free between campuses.

Regional centers

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FIU also has other smaller regional centers located throughout South Florida in both Miami-Dade County and Broward County, serving the local communities in research, continuing studies, and in culture. In Miami-Dade County, there are four regional FIU facilities, the Downtown Miami Center, the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in Miami Beach (Washington Avenue and 10th St), the FIU-Florida Memorial research center in Miami Gardens, and a research site in Homestead.

FIU at I-75

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The FIU at I-75 academic center is a satellite campus located in Miramar, which borders Pembroke Pines and the southernmost portion of Interstate 75 in Broward County. It finished construction in 2014 and is used to satisfy overwhelming demand from Broward County students.[79] The campus houses an 89,000-sqft. complex that offers programs offers courses and program from within the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and the College of Engineering & Computing. This campus is also equipped with offices, a computer lab, student lounges, and study spaces for students.

Downtown Miami Center

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1101 Brickell Avenue, home of FIU's Downtown Miami campus

FIU has a center on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami at 1101 Brickell Avenue dubbed "FIU Downtown on Brickell". FIU's College of Business Administration has had classes at the Burdines Building on Flagler Street and the Metropolitan Center had offices at 150 SE 2nd Ave since 2004. In August 2011, FIU expanded its Downtown center to 1101 Brickell with the expansion of course offerings for the College of Business Administration and the School of International and Public Affairs, as well as with FIU's research center, the Metropolitan Center. Most programs in Downtown are graduate-level evening courses geared for Downtown professionals and residents.[80] As of Spring 2011, there were approximately 500 students enrolled at the Downtown center, with plans to grow the center to over 2,000 students by 2021.[81]

Global Forensic and Justice Center, Largo

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Founded in 2018, it combines two decades of experience to engage the forensic science and criminal justice industries from the crime scene to the courtroom. Located at: Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, Florida . [82]

Organization and administration

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FIU belongs to the 12-campus State University System of Florida and is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities, awarding over 3,400 graduate and professional degrees annually.[83] 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.[84]

Student government

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The Student Government Association presides over and funds the over 300 student clubs, organizations, and honor societies at the university and has an operating budget of about $20 million each year.[85] The Student Government Association is split into three branches. The Executive branch consists of the Student Body President and Vice President, who are chosen in a university-wide election, and well as the Governor of the Biscayne Bay Campus, who is chosen in an election of students pertaining to that campus. The Executive branch also contains the Cabinet of the Student Body President. The Legislative branch consists of the Student Body Senate. The Judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court. The Student Body President serves as a member of the FIU Board of Trustees, while the Student Body Vice President serves as a member of the FIU Foundation's Board of Directors.

The Student Government oversees several Agencies which provide programming to the student body: the Homecoming Council, the Student Programming Council, Panther Power, and the Registered Student Organizations Council, which is responsible for registering the over 300 student organizations and distributing funding allocated by the Student Government. Panther Power is the student spirit group,[86] and it can be seen in all FIU athletic events alongside the Band, the Dazzlers dance team, and the cheerleaders.[87] In addition, the Student Government oversees several Bureaus which provide community for identity groups on campus, including the Black Student Union and the Pride Student Union.

Presidents

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President[88] Tenure
Charles Perry 1965–1976
Harold B. Crosby 1976–1979
Gregory Baker Wolfe 1979–1986
Modesto A. Maidique 1986–2009
Mark B. Rosenberg 2009–2022
Kenneth A. Jessell 2022–

Colleges and Schools

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[89]

  • College of Architecture and the Arts
  • College of Arts, Sciences and Education
    • School of Education and Human Development
    • School of Environment, Arts, and Society
    • School of Integrated Science and Humanity
  • College of Business
    • Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business
    • R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business

Academics

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Marty's Cube[90][91][92][93] formerly near the Green Library was removed in 2014, citing safety concerns

FIU offers 191 academic programs, 60 baccalaureate programs, 81 master's programs, 3 specialist programs, 34 doctoral programs, and 4 professional programs in 23 colleges and schools. In addition, 97% of the faculty have terminal degrees, and 50% currently have tenure at the university with a student/teacher ratio of 27:1.[94][95]

In the early 2000s (decade), emphasis at FIU was placed on growth in degree programs and student enrollment. Since 2005 however, student enrollment has been capped and emphasis became placed on improving the quality of the existing academic programs. With the addition of the College of Medicine, the demand for facilities and classroom space has greatly increased.[96]

Tuition

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For the 2019–2020 academic year, tuition costs are:

Undergraduate
$205.57 per credit hour for in-state students, and $618.87 per credit hour for out-of-state students.[97] Total tuition/fees :$7,916 for in-state and $20,314 for out of state[97]
Graduate
$455.64 per credit hour for in-state students, and $1,001.69 per credit hour for out-of-state students.[98] Total tuition/fees :$9,600 for in-state and $19,428 for out of state[98]
Law School (day)
$675.67 per credit hour for in-state students, and $1,101.87 per credit hour for out-of-state students.[98] Total tuition/fees:$20,660 for in-state and $33,446 for out of state[98]
Law School (night)
$506.77 per credit hour for in-state students, and $851.40 per credit hour for out-of-state students.[98] Total tuition/fees:$15,593 for in-state and $25,932 for out of state[98]

Admissions

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Fall first-time freshman admission statistics
  2023[4] 2022[99] 2021[100] 2020[101] 2019[102] 2018[103]
Applicants 25,034 17,343 16,406 16,911 18,492 19,410
Admits 14,729 11,075 10,502 9,784 10,634 11,366
Enrolls 5,168 4,424 4,061 3,763 3,998 4,441
Admit rate 58.8% 63.9% 64.0% 57.9% 57.5% 58.6%
Yield rate 35.1% 39.9% 38.7% 38.5% 37.6% 39.1%
SAT composite* 1060⁠–1240
(91%†)		 1070⁠–1240
(90%†)		 1030⁠–1220
(87%†)		 1110⁠–1260
(92%†)		 1110⁠–1280
(92%†)		 1090⁠–1260
(77%†)
ACT composite* 20–26
(9%†)		 21–26
(10%†)		 21–27
(13%†)		 23–29
(8%†)		 23–28
(8%†)		 23–27
(23%†)
* middle 50% range
† percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit

Florida International University students, numbering 54,085 in Fall 2023,[4] come from more than 130 countries, and all 50 U.S. states. The ratio of women to men is 57:43, and 18.6 percent are graduate and professional students. Professional degree programs include Law, Medicine, Engineering, Business Administration, and Nursing.

The Fall 2023 incoming freshman class had an average 4.1 GPA, 1150 SAT score, and a 24 ACT score. 3% of these students were foreign nationals, while 74% were Hispanic Americans, 9% were Black Americans, 8% were White Americans, and 3% were Asian Americans.[4] The freshman retention rate for 2021 was 100%. The most popular College by enrollment is the College of Arts and Sciences. For Fall 2021, 24,351 students applied for graduate admissions throughout the university. Of those, 8,043 (33.02%) were accepted. The Wertheim College of Medicine admitted 5.2% of its applicants, and the College of Law admitted 22%. Admission to the Wertheim College of Medicine is competitive, and the college has one of the highest number of applicants in the state, greater than the University of Florida. For Fall 2010, 3,606 students applied for 43 spots.[104]

The FIU School of Architecture is the most competitive school in Florida, with the lowest admission rate in the state at 14% (2011).[105] For Fall 2009, the School of Architecture received over 1,000 applications for the first-year Master of Architecture program, with 60 being accepted, giving the School of Architecture a 6% admissions rate. The average high school GPA for the freshman class in the School of Architecture was 3.98, also making it one of the most selective schools at FIU.[106]

Enrollment

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Enrollment in FIU (2017–2023)
Academic Year Undergraduates Graduate Total Enrollment
2018–2019[103] 48,439 9,625 58,064
2019–2020[102] 49,004 9,823 58,827
2020–2021[101] 48,664 10,235 58,899
2021–2022[100] 46,079 10,653 56,732
2022–2023[99] 45,442 10,245 55,687
2023–2024[4] 44,045 10,040 54,085
Student body composition
Race and ethnicity (all undergraduate students, fall 2023)
Hispanic 67% 67
 
Black 11% 11
 
White 9% 9
 
Foreign national 7% 7
 
Asian 3% 3
 
Other[b] 3% 3
 
Race and ethnicity (incoming freshman class, fall 2023)
Hispanic 74% 74
 
Black 9% 9
 
White 8% 8
 
Foreign national 3% 3
 
Asian 3% 3
 
Other[c] 3% 3
 
Economic diversity (2017 cohort)
Low-income[d] 58% 58
 
Affluent[e] 42% 42
 

In 2024, nearly 3,800 FIU students (both undergraduate and graduate students) were recognized as international students. Of those, the most popular countries of origin were China, Venezuela, India, Colombia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.[107] Students from New York, New Jersey, and California make up the largest states for out-of-state students. Floridians make up 90% of the student population. Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, and Orange County make up the largest Florida counties for in-state students.[108]

University Park accounted for 87% of the student population and 94% of housing students. The Biscayne Bay Campus accounted for about 13% of the student population, mostly of lower-division undergraduates and students of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.

Rankings

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Academic rankings
National
Forbes[109]120
U.S. News & World Report[110]98
Washington Monthly[111]19
WSJ/College Pulse[112]29
Global
QS[113]556
THE[114]401–500
U.S. News & World Report[115]468

USNWR graduate school rankings[116]

Business 110–143
Business: International Business 4
Business: Part-time MBA 102
Education 112
Engineering 92
Law 60
Medicine: Research 106
Medicine: Primary Care 102
Nursing: Master's 47
Nursing: Doctor of Nursing Practice 56

USNWR departmental rankings[116]

Biological Sciences 203
Biostatistics 64
Chemistry 173
Clinical Psychology 101
Computer Science 110
Criminology 32
Earth Sciences 118
Economics 110
Engineering: Undergraduate 137
Fine Arts 178
Health Care Management 51
History 100
Nursing: BSN 96
Nursing-Anesthesia 88
Occupational Therapy 68
Physical Therapy 179
Physics 146
Political Science 109
Psychology 140
Public Affairs 62
Public Finance and Budgeting 24
Public Health 63
Rehabilitation Counseling 58
Social Work 72
Sociology 113
Speech-Language Pathology 146

In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida International University as the 72nd best public university in the United States, and 151st overall among all national universities, public and private.[117]

In 2018, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education ranked FIU first in granting bachelor's degrees, seventh in granting master's degrees, and 27th in granting doctoral degrees to minorities in the United States.[118]

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The College of Business is accredited by the AACSB International–the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.[119] U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" (2015) ranked the undergraduate international business program sixth in the nation and it ranked the Chapman Graduate School of Business 15th in the nation for an International MBA.[120]

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FIU graduates achieved the highest passage rate among all Florida law schools on the July 2015, February 2016, and July 2016 exams. In 2007, the College of Law was ranked first in Florida in the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam at 96%.[121][122][123]

Honors College

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Parkview Hall, the home of honors students since 2013

The average academic profile of students that were accepted into the Honors College in 2019 was as follows: 4.4 weighted GPA; 29 ACT composite; 1329 SAT total.[124] [125]

International programs

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FIU Tianjin Center in Tianjin, China

Florida International University's Education Abroad program (FIU EA) has an international presence in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Every year FIU consistently sends over 1,000 students across the world to study in multiple locations.[126] As a student of EA, students are able to take classes that meet their major and/or minor requirements, study with experts in their field, and earn FIU credit. In addition, the university has exchange agreements with over 70 partner institutions.[127]

In Italy, FIU's presence is centered in the Genoa area. The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum has a regional facility in the Nervi area, and the School of Architecture has facilities in Genoa for FIU's upper-division and graduate architecture students.[128] In 2006, FIU opened the Florida International University Tianjin Center in China, from which a branch of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management operates. The Tianjin Center was constructed as a cooperative venture with the local municipal government.[44] It temporarily closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[129]

While FIU does not have a campus in Colombia, its extensive involvement in efforts in that country—including river conservation, public health, and justice reform—led the university to designate it one of its "World Centers".[130]

Model United Nations Program

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The FIU Model United Nations Program is a program of the School of International and Public Affairs.[131] Each year anywhere between 40 and 80 delegates participate in FIU MUN.[citation needed] FIU MUN is ranked as the first best Model UN Team in North America for the 2018–2019 season.[131][132][133]

FIU MUN also hosts an annual high school conference: Florida International Model United Nations (FIMUN). The conference traditionally hosts over 500 high school students.[citation needed]

FIU Libraries

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The Green Library is one of the largest libraries in the Southeastern U.S. and is the largest building on campus.

FIU has six libraries,[134] Green Library, FIU's main library; the Glenn Hubert Library (Biscayne Bay Campus), the Wolfsonian Library, the Engineering Library, the Law Library, and the Medical Library. The Green Library, Hubert Library, and Engineering Library Service Center are under the direction of the Dean of University Libraries. Other libraries are overseen by their appropriate schools or organizations.

Together the entire FIU university-wide Library holdings include over 2,097,207 volumes, 52,511 current serials, 3,587,663 microform units, and 163,715 audio visual units.[135]

Libraries

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The Green Library is FIU's main library and the largest building on campus.[136] Originally designed by Architect David M. Harper in 1973,[137] the Green Library was expanded by the architecture firm M. C. Harry & Associates, Inc. in the early 1990s to its current eight floors, with a capacity to expand to a total of 15 floors, if necessary. The eight-floor structure was built over, through, and around the original three-story library while it was still in use.[138]

The first floor has classrooms, auditorium spaces, and support services for students, such as tutoring, the writing center, and technology assistance. Also on the first floor is an Auntie Anne's and a Starbucks.[139][140] The second floor has the reference section, cartography (GIS Center), circulation, and numerous computer and printing labs. The third floor is the home of the Medical Library, and includes study lounges as well as a resource center for students of the Honors College. The fourth floor houses the special collections department and university archives. The fifth floor is the home of the School of Architecture Library, as well as the music and audiovisual collections. The sixth and seventh floors are strictly quiet floors, and contain the general book collection along with numerous student study lounges. The eighth floor contains the library's administration offices and technical services departments.[141][142]

The FIU Engineering Library is located on the second floor of the main building of the Engineering Center.[143] The FIU Law Library opened in 2002, and has three floors, with all three holding the library's general collection. The third floor has a two-story, quiet reading room, as well as numerous study lounges. Although the Law Library is restricted to Law students, other students may use the library for research purposes.[144] The FIU Medical Library opened in August 2009 at the same time as the opening of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. The Medical Library is currently located on the third floor of Green Library building. Future construction of buildings for the College of Medicine will include a new space for the Medical Library outside of Green Library, based upon funding and space availability.[145]

The Glenn Hubert Library, previously named the Biscayne Bay Library, is a smaller three-story structure serving the Biscayne Bay Campus. All services at the Green Library are available in the Hubert Library. The Wolfsonian Library is located at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in South Beach, on the corner of Washington Avenue and 10th Street.[146] The collection focuses exclusively on architecture, art, design, and history of the Western World from 1885 to 1945. The library serves mostly as a research library with an extensive collection of primary sources.

Research

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The Stocker AstroScience Center (ASTRO) boasts a 24-inch, computerized research-grade telescope with dual-filter wheels and research-grade CCD cameras.

Florida International University spent $246 million in annual research expenditures and was awarded $310 million in research awards for fiscal year 2021.[147] Florida International University ranked 107th in total research and development (R&D) expenditures by the National Science Foundation.[148] FIU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[149]

International Hurricane Research Center

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The International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) is the nation's only university-based research facility dedicated tropical storm research. It comprises the Laboratory for Coastal Research; the Laboratory for Social Science Research; the Laboratory for Insurance, Financial & Economic Research; and the Laboratory for Wind Engineering Research, as well as the FIU Wall of Wind.[150] The 12-fan Wall of Wind (WoW) at FIU is the largest and most powerful university research facility of its kind and is capable of simulating a Category 5 hurricane. In 2015 the National Science Foundation selected the 12-fan WOW as one of the nation's major "Experimental Facilities" under the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) competition.[151] Not to be confused with the National Hurricane Center (also located at University Park), the IHRC is located on the western side of the campus.

Student life

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Traditions

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Green Library and Owa Ehan ("Fifth House")

FIU has many traditions from student spirit groups, alumni association events, and student spirit events. Incoming students can attend Panther Camp, originally a weekend retreat in the summer and now a two-day on-campus event, which began in 2006.[152][153] Week of Welcome, usually held the first or second week of the fall semester, holds many spirit events, such as Trail of the Torch, when the torch of knowledge in front of the Primera Casa building is lit on campus.[154]

 
The Walk on Water race held annually by the School of Architecture
 
FIU fans at Riccardo Silva Stadium

Residential life

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University Towers, a residential hall for upperclassmen

Florida International University's student housing facilities are managed by the Office of Housing and Residential Life located on the Modesto Maidique Campus (MMC). There are 3,300 students living on campus throughout 10 apartment buildings and 6 residence halls. Students reside in the following buildings: University Apartments, Panther Hall, University Towers, Everglades Hall, Lakeview Hall North, Lakeview Hall South, Honors College @ Parkview Hall, and Tamiami Hall. All rooms are suite style or apartment style and none of the buildings have community bathrooms.

On the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC), FIU offers housing through Bayview Student Living apartments. BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years houses 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay.[41][78] Through FIU's Panther Express Shuttle, current students travel free between campuses. The Office of Housing and Residential Life also offers optional communities in the residence halls known as Living Learning Communities (LLCs). These communities offer residents the opportunity to live with individuals of the same major or interest; including, Business, Changemakers, Engineering, Global Engagement, and Honors Place for Honors College students.[155]

Arts and culture

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See also: Frost Art Museum and Wolfsonian-FIU
 
Frost Art Museum
 
Recreation Center

FIU has three museums, the Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum and the Jewish Museum of Florida. The Frost Art Museum is located on Modesto A. Maidique campus and was opened in 1977 as The Art Museum at Florida International University. The Frost Art Museum's Permanent Collection consists of a broad array of art objects from ancient cultural artifacts to contemporary works of art.[156] The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum is located in Miami Beach and promotes the collection, preservation and understanding of decorative art and design from the period from 1885 to 1945.[157][158] FIU also has a large sculpture collection, named the Sculpture Park at FIU, with sculptures from such prominent artists as Anthony Caro, Jacques Lipchitz, Daniel Joseph Martinez, and Tony Rosenthal.[159] Many different art structures, statues, paintings and mosaics can be seen throughout campus in gardens, buildings, walkways, and on walls.[160]

The School of Music presents an annual series of concerts in a variety of genres, as well as learning facilities and opportunities for musicians. The concert season incorporates music of all styles including jazz, early music, chamber music, choral/vocal, contemporary music, wind, and opera theater performed by world class musicians and ensembles. Many masterclasses and lectures are also open to the public and offered at no charge. The season runs from August through April each year.

The Department of Theatre presents a season of four professionally designed, produced, and directed productions each year that serve as a laboratory for students. Its Main Stage season is presented at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center. In addition to Main Stage productions, students write, direct and perform productions in the Student Theatre Lab Studio. The department hosts The Green House during the summer months, a development project of a new work by an established playwright. In the past, summers have also included additional department productions, student-directed pieces, Alumni showcases and reunion productions. The Florida International University School of Hospitality & Tourism Managementhosts the Annual Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival in South Beach, a major national culinary event.[161]

Order of the Torch

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The Order of the Torch is a semi-secret honorary leadership society akin to other secret societies in the state such as Florida Blue Key at the University of Florida and the Iron Arrow Honor Society at the University of Miami. The organization is rumored to have been founded in 2003 as a way of organizing student leadership to restructure student life to mirror that of a traditional university. Members now include students, faculty, staff and community members, including FIU alumni Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (class of 1974). Top leadership in Student Government, Homecoming, and the most elite campus fraternal organizations rank among its members.

Greek life

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Approximately 1,100 undergraduate students, or approximately 2% of the entire undergraduate study body, are members of either a fraternity or sorority.[162] The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Florida International University is separated into four divisions: Interfraternity Council (IFC), National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). The Order of Omega, a Greek honor society, has had a chapter at the university since 1991 and represents the academic top three percent of FIU Greeks.[163]

The Interfraternity Council (IFC) comprises 12 fraternities, and the Panhellenic Council is made up of 7 sororities. The Multicultural Greek Council consists of 7 cultural organizations (Latino, Asian, South Asian, etc.), three fraternities and four sororities. The National Pan-Hellenic Council comprises nine historically black organizations, five fraternities and four sororities. There are 29 Academic Honor Societies as well Greek service organizations for students such as Phi Delta Epsilon. In December 2017, Greek life activities were temporarily paused by the university in the wake of a series of hazing events nationally and the discovery of a group chat of Tau Kappa Epsilon members that contained photos of nude women. TKE and two other institutions, Phi Gamma Delta ("Fiji") and Pi Kappa Phi, were suspended when the university allowed fraternities and sororities to resume.[164] FIU obtained the property of the Greek houses occupied by the latter two fraternities, the only such houses on campus.[165]

Campus and area transportation

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FIU Panther Express

The main campus is located on the south side of the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41/SW 8th Street) between SW 107th and SW 117th Avenue next to Florida's Turnpike and near the western terminus of the Dolphin Expressway. Miami-Dade Transit serves University Park with Metrobus lines 8, 11, 24, and 71. Metrobus lines 75 and 135 serve the Biscayne Bay Campus.[166] Bus lines 8, 11 and the 24 directly connect FIU with Downtown Miami.

Two distinct FIU-operated bus lines are available. The CATS Shuttle runs between University Park and the Engineering Center, and the Golden Panther Express, from University Park to the Biscayne Bay Campus. The CATS Shuttle connects University Park from the Graham Center bus stop and the Engineering and Computer Sciences Building, to the Engineering Center on Flagler Street and 107th Avenue.[167] There have long been plans for Metrorail, the local heavy rail rapid transit system to be extended west, with two proposed lines terminating at Florida International University's main campus.[168] This would ease traffic and parking problems at and around the main campus.

Student media

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Main articles: PantherNOW and WRGP
 
Lakeview Hall North and South residence halls; six percent of FIU students live on-campus

FIU Student Media includes PantherNOW, the student newspaper and its accompanying website, and FIU's radio station, WRGP.

PantherNOW is the FIU student newspaper, founded in 1972 and having printed under various titles. PantherNOW is published in print form monthly and also maintains a website, PantherNOW.com.[169] WRGP "The Roar", with antecedents dating to 1988[170] and broadcasting on FM since 1999,[171] is FIU's student-run radio station, with transmitters in Homestead and on the Maidique and Biscayne Bay campuses.[172]

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FIU's campus has been the set for many films, television shows, and music videos. One of the earliest television shows to have filmed at FIU was Miami Vice; an episode partially filmed in the then-brand-new Sunblazer Arena was recorded in 1986, just after its opening.[173] The TV show Burn Notice has also filmed various episodes at FIU, with scenes at the College of Business Buildings and the Diaz-Balart College of Law Building.[174] In 2007, Chris Brown filmed the music video for his song "Kiss Kiss" at FIU, with scenes near the Frost Art Museum and around the Graham Center. Various telenovelas for Telemundo and Univision have filmed television episodes at FIU as well. In 2007, Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos was filmed in the Graham Center.[175] In 2004, MTV's Campus Invasion Tour was held at FIU, bringing numerous bands such as Hoobastank to FIU.[176]

In 2009, TLC's What Not to Wear filmed an episode on campus at the Management and Advanced Research Center. In October 2009, former CNN news anchor Rick Sanchez broadcast his CNN show from the Graham Center at FIU.[177] Three years later, in 2012, G4TV held the Northeast and Southeast regional qualifying rounds of the television show American Ninja Warrior at FIU. The competition took place in the traffic loop between the School of Architecture and the College of Business.[178] Three years after that, in 2015, Florida International University hosted the Miss Universe 2014 pageant in the FIU Arena.[179]

Athletics

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Main article: FIU Panthers
See also: FIU Panthers football
 
The Panthers football team plays at Riccardo Silva Stadium which is on campus.

Florida International University has seventeen varsity sports teams, named the Panthers. The athletic colors for the Panthers are blue and gold, and they compete in the NCAA Division I as part of Conference USA in all sports. Three main sports facilities serve as home venues for Panther athletics. The Panthers football team plays at Riccardo Silva Stadium ("The Cage"), the men and women's basketball and volleyball teams play at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, and the men's baseball team plays at Infinity Insurance Park. Other athletics venues include the Aquatic Center, Tennis Complex, softball fields, and various other recreational fields.[180] On July 1, 2013, FIU became a member of Conference USA.[181]

Traditional rivals of the FIU Panthers include Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami. The Panthers football team competes in the Shula Bowl, an annual football game played for the Don Shula Award against in-state rival Florida Atlantic University. Due to this competition, the rivalry between the two schools has grown, with the rivalry extending into the men's baseball and basketball teams as well.[182]

 
Roary and the FIU Dazzlers during Homecoming

The Panthers football team plays home games at Riccardo Silva Stadium, nicknamed "The Cage". In 2005, the Panthers moved to the Sun Belt Conference, making their transition from Division I-FCS to Division I-FBS complete. In their first season in the conference, the Panthers began by finishing 5–6.[183] The football program has one conference title to date—in 2010, when it won the Sun Belt Conference title and played in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl against Toledo, winning late in the fourth quarter.[184] The FIU men's basketball team has one NCAA tournament appearance to its record.

Alumni of the FIU athletics program include many professional and Olympic athletes, including current players in Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, National Basketball Association, National Football League and the Women's National Basketball Association. Notable alumni include Mike Lowell, Raja Bell, Carlos Arroyo, and Tayna Lawrence.

Notable alumni

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Main article: List of Florida International University people
See also: Florida International University Alumni Association

FIU has over 275,000 alumni around the world in more than 138 countries.[185] The university graduates more than 10,000 students a year.[41] Alumni services is run by the Florida International University Alumni Association, which sponsors numerous alumni events, galas, and ceremonies annually.[186]

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Notes

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  1. ^ located in the suburban Miami-Dade County community of University Park.
  2. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  3. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  4. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
  5. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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