10 Things Everyone Should Know About FAU

1) FAU serves more than 25,000 students through 170+ bachelor’s, master’s, specialists and doctoral degree programs in its nine colleges.

2) According to U.S. News & World Report, FAU is ranked among the most diverse universities in America and has admitted students from all 50 states and nearly 200 countries.

3) Established in 1961, FAU serves students from around the world through seven campuses stretching along southeast Florida's coastline.

4) FAU is home to the nation’s largest university-based lifelong learning program, serving more than 20,000 individuals of retirement age.

5) FAU is an engine of economic growth with 3,500+ employees and an economic impact that exceeds $1.15 billion annually in South Florida.

6) FAU’s student athletes compete at the highest level through 18 NCAA Division-I athletic teams and have garnered more than 20 conference championships since 1997.

7) With a total research portfolio of more than $60 million, FAU is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation as a "High Research Activity" institution.

8) FAU is home to two Florida Centers of Excellence: 1) in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, which is dedicated to expediting the discovery and commercialization of new medicines from the sea; 2) in Ocean Energy Technology, which is exploring methods to harness energy from South Florida’s ocean currents.

9) FAU collaborates with public and private organizations including the Scripps Research Institute, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution and Smithsonian Marine Station. 

10) FAU’s nearly 100,000 alumni include U.S. and foreign dignitaries, Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize winners and executives who have served in organizations such as Boeing, E-Bay, Motorola and the White House.