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Florida International University is Miami's first public four-year university. Our powerful record of innovation and research continues to improve the quality of life in our communities.

History and Growth
FIU opened for classes in 1972 with 5,667 students - the largest opening day enrollment in U.S. collegiate history. Today it has close to 38,000 students, almost 1,000 full-time faculty and 113,000 alumni, making it the largest university in South Florida and placing it among the 25 largest in the nation.

Programs
The University offers more than 220 courses in a variety of disciplines. The following Colleges & Schools are now offering online classes:

Research
FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. Sponsored research funding (grants and contracts) from external sources for the year 2004-2005 totaled nearly $80 million. The University is ranked as a Research University in the High Research Activity category of the Carnegie Foundation’s prestigious classification system.

National Recognition
The University is the youngest university to have been awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most distinguished academic honor society. The School of Accounting is the largest in the country. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked FIU’s undergraduate international business programs seventh in the nation and the Chapman Graduate School of Business programs among the top 20.

FIU recently ranked among the best values in public higher education in the country, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s 2006 survey, “100 Best Values in Public Colleges.” FIU ranked among the top 50 nationally for in-state students and among the top 100 nationally for out-of-state and international students.

FIU has been named one of the “10 Cool Colleges for Entrepreneurs” by Fortune Small Business magazine.