Florida International University is Miami-Dade County’s first public, four-year university.

HISTORY AND GROWTH:
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.

COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS:

• College of Architecture and the Arts - School of Architecture and School of Music 
• College of Arts and Sciences 
• College of Business Administration - School of Accounting
• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Computing - School of Computing and Information Sciences
• Honors College
• College of Law 
• College of Medicine 
• College of Nursing and Health Sciences 
• School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
• School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• College of Public Health and Social Work - Stempel School of Public Health and School of Social Work

ATHLETICS:
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.

CAMPUSES:
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.