FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
STAND
OUT
THE JOURNEY WILL BE EPIC. Exploring the unknown. Expanding your world. Conquering difficult theories. Discovering you. That’s the goal. And FIU is how you’ll achieve it. Some of the greatest accomplishments in history are marked by our capacity to push past our limits. At Florida International University, WE WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU DIDN’T THINK POSSIBLE. You will innovate. You will break free of the pack. And with that degree in hand, you will...
Let us show you how.
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE,
according to the Florida Board of Governors’ 2018 performance scores.
“If you want to stand out, don’t be different, be outstanding.” - Meredith West
ACADEMICS. That’s what matters most. You want to change the world for the better and unlock your full potential. You won’t compromise. As Miami’s only public research university, FIU will train you using WorldsAhead resources, breathtaking facilities and great minds.
● Among the Top 10 largest public research universities in the U.S.
Top-tier research institution
only 2% of universities can say that!
Top producer of Fulbright Scholars, U.S. State Department
18
4.1
programs among the Top 100 U.S. News & World Report
average high school GPA
1
#
177M
$
in financial aid awarded to undergraduates
in students passing the Bar Exam in the state of Florida
● 13 active learning classrooms designed by our STEM Transformation Institute. ● Top 5 in the country for social mobility—the opportunity for graduates to climb the socio-economic ladder. ● Youngest university to have been awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most distinguished academic honor society.
We’ve done away with the traditional lecture in some classes.
FAST FACTS
● An Ashoka U Changemaker Campus, joining 35 other universities that have social innovation and entrepreneurship at their core. ● We have the only underwater research lab in the entire
One of the “Best Grad Schools” in the country. U.S. News & World Report
#1 in the nation in awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanic students
40+
centers and institutes
41,000 undergrads
3
museums
world.
● Leading the most comprehensive geochemical mapping of the Arctic Ocean. ● No. 2 Model UN team in North America.
beating every Ivy League team ● Wolfsonian-FIU museum among Top 25 most amazing university museums, according to College Rank. ● Our online hospitality management, psychology and criminal justice programs are among the Top 5 in the U.S.
One of the BEST young universities in the WORLD.
Times Higher Education
Our Student Academic Success Center is the first place you’ll go on campus and one of the last places you’ll visit before graduation. It’s a one-stop shop – which includes Financial Aid, Registrar and Admissions.
● And we get REAL results:
Our grads have one of the highest median salaries among all Florida State University System graduates.
Find your path. The possibilities are endless. With 200+ degree programs to choose from and a lush tropical campus as your backdrop, we have what you’re looking for to fulfill your educational goals—including 18 nationally ranked programs.
designed by Yann Weymouth, architect of the Grand Louvre Pyramid. ACRES
RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
ART MUSEUM
WELLNESS AND RECREATION CENTER
MODESTO A. MAIDIQUE CAMPUS SCULPTURES
Our sprawling main campus (pictured here) is a tropical oasis with a downtown to rival any small city. It’s one of our seven locations around South Florida. Plus, we’re in China!
How will you be WorldsAhead? What are you passionate about? How will you make a difference? Take a look at the programs of study at our 11 colleges and schools (including law and medicine) —and start envisioning your FIU journey. COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES & EDUCATION case.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF ARTS IN: Biology Chemistry Chemistry Education Earth Sciences Earth Science Education English English Education *Interdisciplinary Studies Liberal Studies Mathematics with Mathematics Education Philosophy Physics Physics Education *Psychology *Sustainability and the Environment *Women’s and Gender Studies BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN: Agricultural Sciences Atmospheric Science Biochemistry Biological Sciences Biology Education Chemistry Early Childhood Education/ESOL *Early Childhood Development Elementary Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) Environmental Studies
Exceptional Student Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) Geosciences Geological Sciences ^ Marine Biology Mathematical Sciences Mathematics Natural Resource Science Physical Education Physics *Recreation and Sport Management Statistics COLLEGE OF BUSINESS business.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH MAJOR IN: *Finance *Human Resource Management *International Business *Logistics and Supply Chain Management *Management Management Information Systems *Marketing *Real Estate
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, ARCHITECTURE + THE ARTS carta.fiu.edu ACCELERATED MASTER OF: Architecture Interior Architecture Landscape Architecture BACHELOR OF ARTS IN: Art Art Education Art History *Communication Arts Music Theatre BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN: Art Theatre BACHELOR OF MUSIC BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION WITH MAJORS IN: ^ Advertising ^ Broadcast Media ^ Digital Communication and Media ^ Journalism ^ Public Relations HONORS COLLEGE Visit honors.fiu.edu
We call it Bayview. ACRES
STUDENT HOUSING COMMUNITY WITH BREATHTAKING VIEWS
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING cec.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF ARTS IN: *Information Technology Computer Science BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN: Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Construction Management Electrical Engineering Environmental Engineering *Information Technology Mechanical Engineering Internet of Things NICOLE WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES cnhs.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN: Nursing Nursing RN ROBERT STEMPEL COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL WORK stempel.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN: Dietetics and Nutrition Social Work
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CHAPLIN SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT hospitality.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT WITH MAJOR IN: ^ Beverage Management ^ Culinary Management ^ *Event Management ^ *Hotel/Lodging Management ^ *Restaurant/Foodservice Management ^ *Travel & Tourism Management
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN: *Criminal Justice BACHELOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS: Pre-Health (Veterinary, Optometry, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Physical- Therapy, Podiatry) Pre-Law Pre-Med
STEVEN J. GREEN SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS sipa.fiu.edu BACHELOR OF ARTS IN: *Asian Studies Economics French and Francophone Studies Geography History *International Relations *Latin American and Caribbean Studies *Political Science Portuguese *Religious Studies *Sociology/Anthropology *Spanish
AQUATIC CENTER
* Online degree available. ^ Program based at Biscayne Bay Campus. FIU majors are subject to change. Please visit mymajor.fiu.edu for the most current information.
BISCAYNE BAY CAMPUS This waterfront campus sits right on Biscayne Bay, offering unique adventure recreation and one-of-a-kind access to Florida’s aquatic ecosystem. It’s home to marine biology, journalism, communications, hospitality, our renowned creative writing program and more.
Engineer
your world.
INNOVATIVE IDEAS THRIVE AT FIU. We think differently. Our students, professors and alumni live in a world of possibilities. They see solutions. And they are creating a better world for us all. THEIR JOURNEY WILL BE YOUR JOURNEY. Unlike many institutions, our undergrads are in the trenches, conducting experiments and helping with top research. Together, your ideas will break through.
STAVROS GEORGAKOPOULOS is a professor of electrical engineering; inventor of foldable origami antenna systems; lead investigator of a $4.8 MILLION GRANT to develop innovative and advanced origami-based antenna technologies for the Air Force and Department of Defense. He teaches Intro to Radio Frequency Circuits.
Create future technologies The Internet of Things (IOT) is changing the way we live, work and play. There will be more than 20 billion IOT devices in the next few years—smart devices such as sensors, appliances, phones, cameras, meters, wearable technologies and cars linked by a network. We are among the first in the nation to offer a bachelor’s degree that will prepare you for a career in this field. You will be an expert on hardware, software, wireless communications and cybersecurity.
Keisha Gamble, a junior information technology major and FIU cyber fellow
Train as a cyber warrior Previously, concerns about cybersecurity were confined to those working in IT fields. But in recent years, a cybersecurity industry has evolved as those who need to worry about hacking run all the way from governments and corporate executives down to public utilities, mom-and-pop businesses and ordinary individuals. In response, we offer degree programs and cybersecurity courses across disciplines to bring in business and criminal justice students, as well as the more traditional computing and engineering students.
The natural world may provide events, but we —human beings—are the ones who create the situations and conditions by which a natural event becomes known as a “disaster” or in some cases, a catastrophe. In our Extreme Events Institute, we are working on a multihazard and transdisciplinary approach to ultimately save lives.
CAT 5 HURRICANE WINDS
Manuel
I did it. I graduated and I ’m on my way to grad school!
Prevent disasters and save lives
Manuel Garcia - Havana, Cuba
A year after arriving from Cuba, I applied for a job as a custodial worker at FIU. My job—cleaning windows, bathrooms and hallways in the dorms. I also applied for admission and got accepted. As a full-time employee, FIU paid for seven credits, so that’s what I took. I’m now a student researcher at FIU’s Discovery Lab*, which developed “Hutch,” a telebot that allows disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. I worked on the communication systems that control Hutch’s movement.
Our Wall of Wind is the largest and most powerful university research facility of its kind. The facility helps researchers better understand wind effects on civil infrastructure systems to help prevent wind hazards from becoming community disasters.
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Genius is one percent talent and 99 percent hard work. I try to focus—everything I do is to have a better future. It’s why I came here.” *This lab offers student-led research opportunities.
Expand your
global reach.
*
Eager to learn what the world has to offer, MARGARITA RENTIS EMBARKED ON A GLOBAL JOURNEY AT FIU. Rentis, an FIU Global Medallion recipient, was chosen for the Critical Language Scholarship program, an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program offered by the State Department. The highly competitive scholarship allowed her to continue her already extensive study of Japanese culture. Pictured here with her Japanese host sister Risako Tanaka.
* Future global leader —
important to today’s employers and graduate schools.
TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE , YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. Grasping different cultures, languages and political systems requires sophistication. It requires extensive knowledge and immersion. WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE. Our faculty are international experts, with keen insight on the issues of our generation. Our alumni are major influencers on the world stage. Our students are immersed in a daily global conversation on our diverse campus and in our international city. YOU WILL GRADUATE A GLOBAL CITIZEN.
Create a just, peaceful and prosperous
World
The mission of our Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs is to “create a just, peaceful and prosperous world.’’ We are helping fashion a greater society by bringing together many of FIU’s internationally oriented disciplines, producing first-rate research and innovative training necessary for the globalized world of the 21st century. As one of the largest schools of its kind in the world, the Green School supports scholarship that seeks to understand the human experience, our shared histories and the challenges we face as one human family.
That spirit is echoed throughout our whole university.
twice!
In the last five years, more than 20 international dignitaries and thought leaders have visited campus, including President Barack Obama. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s South Florida stop to promote her new book, “Fascism: A Warning,” was co-hosted by our Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy.
Train with a diplomat
Our Diplomat in Residence is ONE OF ONLY 16
SENIOR DIPLOMATS
participating in the program nationwide. Assigned by the U.S. Department of State, these Senior Foreign Service Officers counsel students on career opportunities in the Foreign Service.
*
Did you know we’re in
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Study hospitality and tourism management while learning about the Chinese culture at our Marriott Tianjin China Program, a collaboration between FIU and Tianjin University of Commerce.
*that ’s Mandarin for China
Take the responsibility of global citizenship seriously
Top of our class • The Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center is 1 of only 19 national
centers on Latin America in the U.S.
• International Global Policy and Administration Top 10 grad program
Our Office of Global Learning prepares students throughout the undergrad curriculum to be successful global citizens. Those who have that extra drive to understand the world and work toward its betterment receive our Global Learning Medallion. The medallion program connects you to invaluable, high-impact internships, student organizations focused on international and intercultural issues and study abroad oppurnities.
• Model UN team is the highest ranked team in
Florida and the highest of any public university in the country.
•
Top producer of Fulbright Scholars
• We are one of only 25 institutions across the nation to offer the Peace Corps
Prep Program.
1,000+
students studying, researching or interning throughout THE WORLD
60+
#fiugoesabroad
faculty-led STUDY ABROAD trips each year
Mario Sabates on his study abroad trip to Santorini, Greece.
Faces of FIU
“Spring Break with dead plants and cold weather, glad to be home.”
You’ll make friends here with students from all over the world and from all different walks of life. They will push you to see everything you think you know from a different perspective. They will help you on your journey of self discovery.
@alexiaapatino
@matthewalexander96
@sheeeerah_
@henry_capote
@fiulgbtqa
@ellyp99
@johnny_henny.seed
@opulenceful
@dakshin_official’s
@fiu_sae
@sfl_marineofficer
@kizunaflutequartet
@fiuinstagram
And in the end, you will be a better person poised to be of service to humanity.
50 states. 130 countries. 1 Panther family.
@stefanoselorio
@angeloschibeci
@dyanabratz
@fiucheer
@hercampusfiu
@oceanandseven
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@alexmcgough12
“I ’ve been drafted to the NFL ! ”
225+ cadets in the ROTC “Southern Strike” program
@that70schickk
Build a standout resume. Panthers hustle. We are self-starters who look for opportunities that give us an edge in the job market. You will enter the workforce with internship experience from some of the most reputable organizations under your belt.
Christones Michel
Major: Electrical engineering with a concentration in programming Interned as a hardware engineer for F-35 pilot training devices “Throughout my three years at FIU, I met with the Career and Talent Development team at FIU to help me construct and polish my resume and interviewing skills. They held a Lockheed Martin information session, and that’s when I got the chance to learn about the company and how to obtain an internship with them.”
Jose-Andres Camacho
Major: International Relations Interned at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Frances Zengotita
Major: Chemistry and English Interned at Los Alamos National Laboratory “Through the national conferences that the FIU McNair Program has funded, I have been able to meet world-class faculty who are making significant strides in nuclear research. I have also been granted the opportunity to travel and meet with graduate schools nationwide with the McNair Program, which has significantly increased my exposure to current graduate students and my graduate school options.”
“During CHCI’s 39th Annual Awards Gala, I was fortunate to get a backstage pass for all that was happening that night. In addition to this, I was responsible for social media coverage of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s and President Barack Obama’s address to the gala that historic night.”
#MyInternship
59%
OF INTERNS RECEIVE A JOB OFFER. NACE, National Association of Colleges and Employers
Talent Development Network a first-of-its-kind partnership that offers internship opportunities at local businesses, helping cultivate South Florida’s future workforce
“One of my professors shared the opportunity. After I applied, I went through several interviews before finally landing the internship! On one of the first days of my internship, I was able to sit in on the first table read with the entire cast of “I Am Frankie.” It was also cool seeing the cast film the intro to the show, which still amazes me today!”
Eric Duran
Major: Broadcast Media and International Relations, Honors College Interned at Viacom/ Nickelodeon
Cindy Makita
Major: International business, Honors College Interned at International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) “I got my internship through FIU D.C. Fly-In, which helps top student leaders enhance their professional development in Washington, D.C. While there, I had a coffee meeting with the head of the IFC Gender Secretariat, which is my dream job!”
Alastair Paragas
Major: Computer Science (College of Engineering and Computing and Honors College) Intern at CERN—home of the hadron collider where the Higgs-Boson particle was discovered—in Geneva, Switzerland. “Out of 1,560 complete applications, I was happy to be chosen as one of three U.S. students, and only 33 students from around the world. I also interned at Apple my junior year.”
Engage with
the community.
NAMED AN ENGAGED CAMPUS OF THE YEAR
Together with the
national non-profit organization
Girls who Code, our student KIERSTIN MATSUDA teaches
girls in high school everything from mobile app development to robotics to web design.
CALLING ALL DO-GOODERS.
literally
Panthers use our strengths for good. We understand we have the ability to provide hope, opportunity—and entertainment (what’s life without some arts and culture) to our community. IT’S IN OUR DNA. IT’S WRITTEN IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT. IT’S WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS.
*Jon Warech, “Why Miami is the Greatest Town Ever,” – Ocean Drive Magazine
is an all-hours, high-octane city with a laidback attitude and a casual magnificence.* We are a multicultural, multilingual town that is a world leader in business, the arts and all things cool. Brickell. Wynwood. South Beach. We live where everyone else vacations—in paradise.
3 are FIU’s
NATIONAL PARKS: EVERGLADES NATIONAL & BISCAYNE NATIONAL
MUSEUMS
BEACHES
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS
FIU IS ROOTED IN ALL OF IT. Sometimes it’s hard to tell just where campus ends and the city begins. Everything between the seagrass of the Atlantic Ocean and the sawgrass of the Everglades will be your classroom. You’ll need the traditional 3:05 p.m. shot of espresso to keep up with our high-energy city.
WELCOME HOME. We call it cafecito around here.
CONSULATES
GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS
FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
See you at Art Basel and our Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival !
INTERNATIONAL ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVALS
The Frost Art Museum is right on campus!
set out on a kayaking adventure from campus
Be more than just a good neighbor. Be a part of the community.
We achieved the first “A” grade on the state’s school accountability ratings in Northwestern’s history.
Our Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP™ program is revolutionizing medical education. Starting in their second year, our medical students team up with students in other disciplines including social work, law and business to assist individual families in some of Miami’s poorest neighborhoods.
Started by FIU, the North Miami BrewFest is a one-day beer festival featuring some of the best craft breweries and their one-of-a-kind beers.
40+
breweries
120
different craft beers
most owned by our alumni In collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, our Education Effect® (nationally hailed) is helping Miami Northwestern Senior High and Booker T. Washington Senior High improve student learning and college readiness.
A partnership with our neighbors in the city of Sweetwater offers students a range of opportunities—from tutoring to arts and culture initiatives sponsored by our Frost Art Museum, the Office of Engagement and Honors College.
Eight-year-old Valentina Almeira enjoys adaptive art tools that allow individuals of all abilities an opportunity to express themselves creatively at the Frost Art Museum’s Family Days, which welcome hundreds of guests to Modesto A. Maidique Campus every spring and fall.
1,200+
student volunteers gain real-world experience at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival
“I won a $10,000 scholarship and I hung out with Guy Fieri! ”
Psychology major ANGELIC COX got the chance of a lifetime when she presented her original burger recipe, “The Jerk Man Burger,” to Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives star GUY FIERI. Her creation was selected as the Red Robin Golden Robin contest winner.
Started by our School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, the annual Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival is a national, star-studded, five-day destination event showcasing the talents of the world’s most renowned wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities.
guests
events
raised for our Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management and our Southern Wine & Spirits Beverage Management Center
student volunteers
Explore
the unknown.
INSATIABLE CURIOSITY DRIVES US. We stand in awe of the natural world. We are compelled to explore its outer limits and search for answers to the unknown. OUR STUDENTS JOIN IN ON THE ADVENTURE. And our research is yielding results.
Our researchers frequently appear on the Discovery Channel ’s Shark Week!
Off the coast of Thailand, marine scientist Mark Bond examines the underside markings of a manta ray to determine species and sex. Our scientists are also leading the international GLOBAL FINPRINT, A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INITIATIVE that will fill a critical information gap about the diminishing number of sharks and rays. We lead institutions from the U.S. to Australia conducting surveys that will improve our understanding of how sharks and rays influence coral reef ecosystems and how humans impact these species and their habitats.
Photo by Andy Mann
The Brain Our scientists from across the disciplines — medicine, engineering, pyschology and physics — have dedicated their careers to studying mental processes in the healthy and the diseased human brain. The collaboration is making possible advances unheard of just a few years ago. • Cognitive learning • Language acquisition • Addiction • Toxic poisoning • High-tech neurology tools • Nanotechnology
Investigate Our professors are conducting original research in forensic science. They are providing scientific expertise to law enforcement and the legal community. • Arson and explosive residue analysis • Counterfeit currency detection • Detector dogs • DNA evidence and population substructuring • Drug analysis
Graduate student Rhett Williamson created an ink library database that will help investigators trace counterfeit currency.
Our on-campus MRI machine produces 120,000 times the Earth’s magnetic field.
We’re at the forefront of the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the U.S., dubbed the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development, or ABCD.
We have the best seats in town for up-close encounters with the stars.
Catherine Catherine Guinovart - Key Largo, Florida
Growing up in Key Largo, I realized at a young age that we depend on the ocean. When I decided to attend FIU, I never knew that 60 feet below the surface, right in my backyard, was Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only underwater research laboratory.
As a junior working at the Medina Aquarius program, I visited the underwater habitat for the first time in the scientific diving course. A year later, I experienced what it is like to be an aquanaut and live underwater at Aquarius.”
The Stocker AstroScience Center at MMC is part of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy, a consortium of 10 universities that share access to telescopes around the world for astronomical research.
Enjoying a cup of coffee 60 feet underwater at Aquarius!
Pick up
STEAM.
Science + Technology + Engineering + ART + Math = STEAM
THE ARTS ARE ABOUT HUMAN EXPRESSION. They enrich our lives. They give us the opportunity to feel and find meaning. Our artists are creating significant works in music, fiction, theater, architecture and painting. WITH THEIR TRAINING AND MENTORING, YOU WILL FIND YOUR VOICE AND YOUR WORK CAN AND WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.
The Schantz Organ company built the 26-ton Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ, one of the most technologically advanced in the country.
WERTHEIM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus provides a venue for educational collaboration between students and professionals. In addition to the 585-seat concert hall, WPAC also houses classrooms, an instrumental hall, recital hall and a Black Box Studio Theatre. At the School of Music’s annual holiday concert (pictured here), the SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE AMERNET STRING QUARTET, CONCERT CHOIR, MASTER CHORALE AND COLLEGIUM MUSICUM perform together.
Dennis Lehane MFA ’01, writer of “Gone Baby Gone,” “Mystic River” and “Shutter Island.”
Write a Bestseller. Our creative writing program has yielded some of the most talented writers of our time. Housed at the Biscayne Bay Campus, major writers such as Campbell McGrath, Lynne Barrett, John Dufresne, Denise Duhamel, Julie Wade, Debra Dean and Les Standiford serve on the regular faculty. Some distinguished visiting teachers have included Richard Blanco ’91, MFA ’97 Jim Hall, James Jones and Maxine Kumin.
Learn from the masters.
Faculty member and renowned artist David Chang carries forward the classical painting tradition to future generations at our Academy of Portrait & Figurative Art, the first at a public university in the country. At the studio an artist and apprentices work together.
Graphic design major Vivian Carolina Rivera takes a break from studying to enjoy the iconic walls of Wynwood.
Set the beat. It’s not enough to love music. Our musicians live and breathe it. If they’re not practicing, they are performing. Our artistin-residence program offers students the opportunity to learn from some of the most accomplished artists out there.
Design. Act. Direct. Through a rigorous course of study in the classroom and participation in a diverse mix of productions, FIU Theatre guides students through the discovery of their unique artistic visions. Our students stand out nationally, winning Kennedy Center awards in directing, theatrical design, costume design and stage management.
Apriah Apriah Williams – Turks & Caicos
Imagine yourself in the heart of the modern art world, Wynwood. Our students have access to 15,000 square feet of studio and lab space for architecture, design, art and communication within Mana Wynwood.
I enrolled as an architecture major and during my first meeting with my academic advisor I asked him if there was such a thing as “theatre architecture.” He sent me to the Theatre Department.
When you don’t grow up around the theatre, you don’t know that any of this exists. FIU Theatre has shown me parts of myself that I didn’t even know existed. I always appreciated the arts, but I didn’t know I had an artistic and creative side to myself.”
I got a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival!
Enterprise
your future.
WE’RE A COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS. Miami is a business hub for emerging markets around the world, specifically for Latin America. FIU, part of this young city, brimming with potential, is the place that will help you bring your ideas to life—on campus and the global stage.
Jose Maldonado,
a computer science student, developed his own virtual reality hardware to help physical therapy patients work on their exercises at home. STARTUP FIU HELPED HIM CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN AND LEARN HOW TO MARKET HIS TECHNOLOGY.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS UNDERGRAD PROGRAM * U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
STUDENT.
ENTREPRENEUR.
Does this sound like what you are looking for? • the thrill of competition • the taste for adventure • the joy of creation • the satisfaction of team building • the key to achieve meaning in life
You are an entrepreneur at heart. Our university is full of resources to help you succeed in creating your very own business.
Learn from the pros. To be entrepreneurial, you must learn from successful entrepreneurs. Our College of Business faculty includes 150+ scholars and business leaders, representing 38 nationalities. They are internationally known experts. They will offer you a wealth of research and practical business savvy. A fifth of more than 55,000 of our business alumni own their own businesses. Some 70 percent work in Florida, in organizations that collectively represent a major part of the state's economy, and a large number work for international or multinational firms. You will follow in their footsteps.
At our Downtown Brickell location, in the heart of South Florida’s international business district, students get meaningful boardroom experience.
WHAT’S YOUR IDEA?
Create usable software at campus hackathons. Tech is not an industry. Rather, tech is a force that is disrupting every industry. Regardless of your major, you’ll have the opportunity to develop future technologies at our hackathons.
Collaborate and design. Our College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts is the only arts/design college in the nation to house a MakerBot Innovation Lab; it’s located at our Miami Beach Urban Studios. The college also supports social entrepreneurs at the Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator at Biscayne Bay Campus.
“Every single place where there is a top innovation hub, there is a worldclass research institution. So to have a world-class research institution like FIU here, they’re providing the seeds of innovation.” - Jaret L. Davis, past-chair of the Miami-Dade economic development organization known as The Beacon Council
11,000 alumni are business owners.
Pitch your ideas to real investors at StartUP FIU. Ideas alone can’t create change. Ideas need to be nurtured and refined. They need support to become more than just ideas. That’s where our StartUP FIU steps in, providing the guidance and support that help ideas find their way to the real world. StartUP FIU is a university-wide initiative to foster and develop innovation and entrepreneurship. These opportunities include the development of breakthrough technologies, the pursuit of enterprises that close social or environmental gaps and the creation of companies that can create meaningful jobs of the future.
215,000+ alumni
Stand out as a member of the Panther Network. Our alumni have been recruited to push the limits of the human experience in science, business, government and art. After years of studying and working toward a degree, these Panthers’ hard work paid off. They’ve slain the dragon. Check out how their FIU journey helped them land their dream job:
SpaceX came calling for Engineering major Daniella Bernal ’17, who started college at 16. “There was nothing more I wanted in the world than to be able to work on something that brings man to space. I got my job at Space X through all the baby steps I took here at FIU that prepared me for it. I got involved with student government and my engineering clubs and that really helped me learn to communicate better, learn how to have confidence in my design ideas.”
Google hired Krista Shuckerow ’17, a statistics and economics major with a minor in computer science, before graduating. “I think it has a lot to do with the fact that FIU students [are] making noise in the programming/hackathon community, and companies [are] noticing. I interviewed with a few companies, including Microsoft, Capital One and Google. In the end, after talking about it with my trusted peers, friends and family, I decided to accept the offer from Google.”
Ahmed Elsayed ’18 went to work for Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) in Huntsville, Alabama, as an electrical and electronics design engineer right after graduation. “Through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering within FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing, I was exposed to real energy storage and electric devices. The hands-on experience is a major asset in my current role.”
#GotMyFirstJob
Linda Flores ’17 went through a national competitive interview process to land her first job as an NBCUniversal Page. “The FIU School of Communication + Journalism, as well as FIU’s Division of External Relations, taught me how to produce, film and edit my own content. I am so thankful to all my FIU professors and internship supervisors that helped me get to where I am today.”
Outstanding Alumni Panthers are making a splash in the ARTS. Actor Danny Pino ’96 is known for his work in the TV shows Cold Case and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also played Grand Marshal at our Homecoming parade in 2013. On Broadway, actor, stage director and filmmaker Andy Señor not only played “Angel” in the awardwinning musical RENT, he also directed and produced the historic production in Cuba. Most recently, he was associate director for “On Your Feet!”—based on the lives of Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Before Johnny Rez was a contestant on The Voice, he played with his band Rezolution in the GC Pit at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Teresita Fernández ’90 is an accomplished artist best known for her public sculptures and original use of materials. She is a 2005 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Author Dennis Lehane ’01 has written several novels, including Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island and Mystic River, which were later made into films. Dawn Ostroff ’80 is president of Condé Nast Entertainment, focusing on the development, production and distribution of original television.
They’re creating their own opportunities building standout BUSINESSES. Panthers Eddie Leon ’88, David Rodriguez ’12 and Jose Mallea ’16 likely produce your favorite local beers. Many students use a corner of a Chaplin School demo kitchen to cook up their homebrews and start serving them at beer festivals around town.
They’re NFL standouts. Former FIU Football star TY Hilton ’11 is now a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. Johnathan Cyprien is a defensive back with the Tennessee Titans.
They’re leaders in HOSPITALITY. Richard Brilliant’93 is the Chief Audit Officer for Carnival Corporation, the largest cruise company in the world. SOBEWFF® propelled alumnus Andrew Kaplan into a career with Rachael Ray as her vice president of culinary operations.
They’re leaders in GOVERNMENT. Mercedes Viana Schlapp ’94 is the White House Director of Strategic Communications.
Make the journey an adventure.
LIFE ON CAMPUS IS A DAILY ADVENTURE. You get to decide how action-packed, intellectually stimulating or laid back it is. THERE’S A CLUB, SPORT, ORGANIZATION, CONCERT OR LECTURE SERIES FOR EVERYONE. Shared adventures are always better. You will connect with kindred spirits who will help you discover what makes you come alive. Panthers lift each other up. We say, “Let’s try that crazy idea. Maybe it will work.” We rally around our fellow Panthers in the classroom and on the field.
A premier gridiron experience at our on-campus stadium.
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Join a Club • Caribbean Student Association • Haitian Student Union • Academy of Leaders • Model UN • Biscayne Bay Campus Science Club
Be a brother or sister. 31 fraternity and sorority chapters 1,300+ students
Our Greek community is strong and diverse. You’ll have countless opportunities to serve your community; enhance your leadership skills; and make lifelong friends who will support you on your journey in and out of school.
• Society for the Advancement of Women in STEM • Toastmasters International • Astronomy Club • Billiards Club • Chess Club • Garden Club • Geek Culture Club • Table Tennis Club • Sand Volleyball • Cycling • Golf • Soccer • Rugby
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• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu • Kayaking at BBC For a complete list and more information, visit: studentaffairs.fiu.edu.
or organize your own club!
• Hispanic Business Association
Study break Experience a world of culture. Experience Shakespeare or, perhaps, something more avant-garde; FIU Theatre’s award-winning productions bring stories to life. Attend our Miami International GuitART Festival, a celebration of the guitar. Or our Festival of Bands, where South Florida's best school bands take the stage alongside our performers. Our collections and exhibitions let you experience the world through the lens of art and history. We have 3 museums: The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, the Wolfsonian-FIU and the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum-FIU.
#BassDropUniversity
Drop the bass. We work hard. Play harder. Our electronic dance music concert held at Modesto A. Maidique Campus every year features foam cannons, special light effects and some of the biggest names! With Biscayne Bay in the background, the annual Bayfest features battling DJs, local and international acts and food trucks.
Hit the gym. Whether you spend most of your time at MMC or BBC, there’s a fully equipped recreation center nearby. Offering fitness classes, state-ofthe-art gym equipment, adventure excursions and more, the Wellness and Recreation Centers have everything you need to live a fit, healthy lifestyle.
Make Panther Territory your home.
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Check out the 3rd floor lounge at Parkview with expansive windows. You will get some breathtaking views of campus and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
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Pro Bowl wide receiver T.Y. Hilton caught touchdowns here. Olympic gold medalist Tayna Lawrence sprinted here. Major League All Star and World Series champion Mike Lowell swung for the fences here. More than 400 of our student athletes compete in 18 Division-I sports, earning 116 All-American honors, appearing in 45 NCAA tournaments and routinely making the Dean’s List. Whether you’re a screaming BLUE-and-GOLD fan or a future star, here is where you belong— AMONG CHAMPIONS.
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PANTHER DYNASTY. Our swimming & diving team members are standout athletes and students, CONSISTENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE POOL AND THE CLASSROOM.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine consistently ranks FIU among the top “100 Best Values in Public Colleges”—and U.S. News & World Report recognizes FIU as a “best buy” in higher education, ranking our students among the least indebted college students in the nation.
Take the first step of your journey.
Apply now! Application Checklist 1.
Take the SAT or ACT in high school You should take the SAT and/or ACT in your junior year, but no later than fall of your senior year. Official scores for the SAT can be sent through CollegeBoard.org (code: 5206) and ACT scores through ACT.org (code: 0776).
2. Apply for financial aid Filing for FAFSA before the deadline will make it easier to calculate and deliver your financial aid awards. You should file for FAFSA even if you aren’t sure you’ll qualify. Search for scholarships you could qualify for early as deadlines to apply may vary. 3. Start your application The online application takes about 20-30 minutes to complete and will require a $30 application fee. 4. Submit transcript(s) This includes transcripts from your high school and from any other university, including dual enrollment credits. 5. Submit exam scores Submit scores separately if they are not already on your transcript. This applies to advanced placement (AP), CLEP or any other exam credit scores. AP scores must be a 3 or higher to be counted. 6. Submit residency documentation Residency status is used primarily to determine whether students pay in-state or out-of-state tuition. Whether you are a Florida resident, U.S. resident or international student, you are required to submit proof of residency. 7.
Check application status When you finish your application, you will be assigned a Panther ID and within 1-3 days you will have access to your MyFIU account, where you can check your application status.
8. GOOD LUCK!
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Financial Aid. Through loans and grants and scholarships, we’ll help make your FIU education even more affordable. Our cost calculator will help you estimate what you can expect to pay for your FIU education. With the recent changes to FAFSA, students will be able to use tax documents from up to two years ago and can apply as early as Oct. 1. Early award priority date is December 1. FAFSA code: 009635 Bright Futures code: 131
Merit Scholarships. High achievers: We are going to help you accomplish everything you possibly can as an FIU student. That includes helping you get competitive scholarships. • Freshman and Transfer Merit Scholarships • National Recognition Programs • National Merit, National Achievement and National Hispanic Scholar Finalists To be considered for academic merit scholarships, you must submit a completed application no later than Nov. 1. A completed application includes online application, application fee or fee waiver, official high school transcripts, official submission of SAT or ACT scores. For more information, vist fiu.academicworks.com.
Micro Scholarships. Raise.me is a micro-scholarship program for high school and Florida state college transfer students. You can earn funds by visiting raise.me/join/fiu and entering in your profile information and following FIU. For more information and opportunities, visit undergrad.fiu.edu/scholarships.
VISIT US A great way to determine if FIU is the best fit for you is to come visit. We offer interactive campus tours and information sessions Monday– Friday and on select Saturdays year round. EXPERIENCE WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A PANTHER! Schedule your tour today at go.fiu.edu/visit and learn more about visiting our beautiful campuses.
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Undergraduate Admissions Modesto A. Maidique Campus: 11200 SW 8th Street, SASC Lobby, Miami, FL 33199 I Phone: 305.348.7000 - Fax: 305.348.3648 Biscayne Bay Campus: 3000 NE 151st Street, AC1 100, Miami, FL 33181 I Phone: 305.919.5750 - Fax: 305.919.5412