Florida International University

Florida International University
11200 SW 8th St
Miami, FL 33174
Phone: (305) 223-9412
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Florida International University is Miami's first public four-year university.  The University offers more than 200 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in 19 colleges and schools.  FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. The University is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as Doctoral/Research University - Extensive, the highest ranking in its classification system.

FIU is the youngest university to have been awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most distinguished academic honor society. The School of Accounting is the largest in the country. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked FIU's international business programs in the Landon Undergraduate School seventh in the nation and the Chapman Graduate School of Business programs among the top 25. The School of Hospitality & Tourism Management is ranked number 6 in the country overall and first in the country in student ratings that encompass such markers as average SAT scores.

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.

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