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Florida State University
is a flagship public research university in the State University System
of Florida located in
Tallahassee,
Florida.
It is both a sea-grant and a space-grant university.
Sea-grant schools are part of a program, established in 1966,
that involves scientific research, education, training, and extension
projects geared toward the conservation and practical use of
U.S.
coasts, the Great Lakes and other
marine areas. Space-grant
schools are engaged in research and training involving the
U.S.
space program (the
University
of Central Florida
is also a space-grant university).
Nearly 40,000 students attend FSU.
Florida State
has a satellite campus in
Panama City,
Florida.
In 2009, Florida State
University was rated the fifth Best Value College of public universities in the United States
by
USA
Today and
The Princeton Review.
Florida
State
University
was ranked 15th nationally in the February 2008 edition of
Kiplinger's Best Values in Public Colleges. FSU is the
second least-expensive
flagship university in the United States, according to
USA
Today.
Florida State became the first state university in Florida when it was chartered as Florida University
in 1883. The school was
previously a seminary school and operated as a military school during
the Civil War. Between 1905
and 1947, Florida State
was the Florida State College For Women, serving white female students.
In 1947, under the strain exerted by the G.I. Bill, it became
Florida
State
University, a co-educational university.
During the 1960s and 70s, FSU would gain the nickname, “the
Berkeley of the South,” due to various socially progressive organizing
and protest efforts by students, particularly centered around
anti-Vietnam War and anti-racist and anti-sexist commitments.
Florida
State
University
consists of 15 separate colleges and over 300 degree programs.
It is well known for its programs in such areas as the sciences, social
policy, film, engineering, the arts, business, political science, social work,
medicine, and law.
Florida
State is home to Florida's only National Laboratory--the
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
The "Mag Lab," as its known, develops and operates high magnetic field
facilities that scientists use for research in
physics,
biology,
bioengineering,
chemistry,
geochemistry,
biochemistry,
materials science, and
engineering. It is the only facility of its kind in the United States and one of only nine
in the world. Eleven world records have been set at the “Mag Lab” to date.
The Magnetic Field Laboratory is a 330,000 sq. ft (30,658 square meter)
complex employing 300 faculty, staff,
graduate, and
postdoctoral students. This facility is the largest and highest powered
laboratory of its kind in the world and produces the highest continuous magnetic
fields.Florida
State University’s colleges and programs can be found here:
http://www.fsu.edu/academics/departments.html
Many of FSU's academic
programs rank among the nation's top twenty-five public universities,
including programs in
Business (Accounting, Real Estate, Management Information Systems,
Risk Management/Insurance, Entrepreneurial Studies),
Chemistry,
Creative Writing,
Criminology,
Dance,
Education,
Film,
Human Sciences,
Hospitality,
Information Technology,
Law,
Meteorology,
Music,
Oceanography,
Physics,
Political Science,
Public Administration and
Policy,
Social Work, Spanish,
Theatre,
Urban Planning, and
Visual Art.
The university maintains 19 graduate level
interdisciplinary degree programs in subjects like chemistry, physics
and engineering to social sciences, where students work between fields
and collaborate on common tasks through different departments.
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