Some universities measure greatness in decades and centuries. Florida Atlantic University measures it with every student who earns a degree, every researcher who makes a discovery and every community that is transformed. People from every walk of life find a place at FAU. Students choose from more than 140 degree programs, faculty researchers utilize more than 40 research centers and the community engages hundreds of cultural and educational events every year.
Florida Atlantic University was the first public university of southeastern Florida and the first public university in the United States that served only upper division and graduate level students. Since opening in 1964, the university has expanded to include over 27,000 students at all college levels, including freshmen. Florida Atlantic is located in Boca Raton, FL, but contains several satellite campuses along the southeastern coastline of Florida. On the land where the main campus sits today, there existed the Army’s sole radar training facility during WWII.
Traditionally, the school has been considered more of a commuter school, but recent efforts have gained it a more conventional, centralized status with higher standards of research. The university’s football team was recently elevated to the FBS (formerly known as Division I). Nonetheless, the university prides itself on its position as a community-oriented school.
FAU maintains over 140 degree programs and over 40 research programs. There are ten colleges that populate the university: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, College Of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs, College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, and the Graduate College.
The College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs offers various master’s and bachelor’s degrees in the fields of architecture, criminology, public administration, social work, and urban and regional planning. The Arts and Letters College at FAU is the university’s liberal arts college. Various social and cultural sciences, history, arts and humanities, etc. type programs exist in the college. It recently announced the opening of fundraising for a New Middle East Institute, which will be ran in partnership with the Florida Society for Middle East Studies.
The College of Science at FAU boasts its credentials in areas ranging from biotechnology, bioinformatics and brain science to cryptology, developmental systems, dynamical systems, environmental sciences, geo-information science, marine science and space-time physics. The College of Business at Florida Atlantic offers programs in management, finance, economics, information technology, accounting, and marketing, as well as a graduate program with various emphases. The College of Education is another popular school at Florida Atlantic University. One-third of its students are over thirty years-old, meaning the school is able to serve many educators looking to further their pedigree or those out of field wanting to make a career change.
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science is equipped with a program on Ocean and Mechanical Engineering. Other programs in the Engineering College include Civil, Environmental and Geometrics' Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. The College of Biomedical Science works with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and other local hospitals in producing both physicians and medical researchers alike. Graduate programs at FAU can be found here: http://www.fau.edu/graduate/programs.php
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