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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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