Indian Students’ Testimonials
 “It is a great pleasure to recommend Florida International University, a esteemed university which accepted me as one of its students and poured its knowledge on me. Florida international university is Miami’s first and only public research university, offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees, FIU is worlds ahead in its service to the academic and local community.
Reminiscing about the time I got to spend here as a student, there are many beautiful memories and experience, definitely the knowledge I gathered here. I got to meet so many different and wonderful people and got to learn different cultures. FIU has world class laboratories and research centres where you have access to resources on both MMC and BBC campuses. Game rooms, computer labs, meeting spaces and event spaces are some of the resources available. When it comes to teaching, FIU has the world class faculty with technical and professional expertise. I was amazed by the dedication shown by the professors to make sure that their students learn and excel in their field and prosper in such a way that, we would be ready to face the industrial community and bring the best out of us. FIU has a career service department where you could polish your resume to a professional one. FIU offers fully furnished housing facilities on campus where you will be having access to all your needs and you would be getting a chance to stay and learn different cultures from people around the world. The campus is situated in such a place where you have different food options to choose from. Finally I would recommend FIU as a university where you can follow your passion and achieve your goals. Thank you. Suhas Varadaramanujan |
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 “It is an honor to get accepted at Florida International University and I started my journey in spring-2014. I am having such wonderful experience all over with the university. FIU provides its great education by having small class size and the high-quality education is personal. Faculties of FIU is incredible and can tailor their efforts to an individual with the best learning facilities.
I am proud to start my research in world class Tissue engineered Mechanics, Imaging and Materials (TEMIM) lab at FIU. Which gave me lots of opportunities for my career. FIU is not only academically, but FIU has a lively campus environment, and it is 4th largest university in the country. At FIU I have met great people and individuals that have inspired me to a greater length. That is why I do not find any hesitation and wish to continue doing my research and earn a PhD at FIU after I graduate in spring-2018. I feel like I have found a perfect home away from home.” Nidhi Vasantbhai Suthar |
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About FIU
Institutions of higher education are in the midst of a profound transformation, and especially public universities, such as Florida International University (FIU). This paradigm shift presents unprecedented opportunities for universities to rethink how best to educate the next generation of thought leaders. With a forward-facing approach, we will continually assess our environment and make adjustments, strengthening our foundation and upholding our mission and obligation to our students, faculty, staff and community. This obligation is based on our certainty that we provide hope and opportunity to thousands of hard-working students and their families who know that a university education can help them become informed citizens of this increasingly global world and ultimately make a clear difference in the quality of their individual lives and in our local, national and international communities.
Ever Forward
Today FIU offers more than 190 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Our enrollment of more than 54,000 students places us fifth among the largest public universities in the United States. But size itself is less important than scale to leverage institutional priorities in a context of a dynamically growing community with a high percentage of foreign-born residents, English-language learners, first generation students and place-bound learners.
FIU serves a diverse community with a student body that represents the future of American public universities. We are a federally designated minority serving institution. More than half of our undergraduate students qualify for Pell grants and are the first in their families to graduate from college.
Where We Are
Today, FIU has two Miami-Dade County campuses in addition to academic centers in South Beach, Brickell, Coconut Grove, the Florida Keys and Broward County. Our Marriott-Tianjin China Program recently celebrated its tenth anniversary.
We are excited to build upon our vision for a more livable, connected and technological community both in and around the FIU campuses and the South Florida region. UniversityCity, a catalytic project of national significance, will integrate FIU into its surrounding neighborhoods, including the City of Sweetwater, with enhanced access to transportation, housing, shopping and community life that will provide an economic boost to the region.
For FIU, our geography and our demography are our destiny, inextricably linked to our location in a hemispheric and global transportation, communications and cultural arts center. We see ourselves as a 21st century urban public research university that is a solutions center for our community and reflects the dynamism and diversity of our immigrant community.
Strategic Direction
We offer our students an intense, rigorous learning experience in a supportive academic community, celebrating the intellectual energy that flows from our diverse student population. As part of their university experience, FIU students gain the critical-thinking skills necessary to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Our Global Learning for Global Citizenship undergraduate curriculum program, for example, promotes our students’ ability to analyze and address global problems. It is a nationally recognized model and has been recognized with a national award by the Institute for International Education. Our doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities engage in research around the globe, including investigating the social impact of nuclear disasters in the far reaches of Kazakstan to the interactions among cultures that manifest in global music. Students learn from faculty who are leading scholars in their fields. They work shoulder-to-shoulder with faculty on meaningful research inside and outside the classroom and engage in service learning that impacts our community, our nation and our world.
Building preeminent programs and teams strengthens FIU’s capacity to provide high-quality teaching, engage in state-of-the-art research and creative activity, and collaborate with our local and global communities. We are in the process of designing and charting our best future as a university by identifying and leveraging those FIU programs that will help us become a leading urban public research university in the 21st century, locally and globally. FIU’s Global Positioning Showcase (GPS) Tour aims to engage our alumni and strategic partners across the world to further support this very effort.
Knowledge creation is the cornerstone of the academy. FIU continues to build its research reputation and develop an infrastructure to support its growing research endeavors. We support the scholarly work of our faculty as they expand the frontiers of innovation, technology and creativity in the sciences, humanities and arts. FIU continues to drive economic growth and job creation by increasing patent production, technology transfer and industry collaboration. We recognize that a research-enriched environment leads to a culture of transformative learning that promotes student success and produces graduates who are ready to be leaders in their chosen professions. Outstanding faculty attract outstanding graduate students who will add to the fabric of knowledge and innovation while inspiring undergraduates to achieve excellence in scholarship and attain a terminal degree.
The FIU Effect
In the 50 years since its founding and 43 years since accepting its first class of students in 1972, FIU has had a deep impact on the lives of people in this community. We are the only urban public university in Florida with the honor to have been invited to join the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honorary. We have already become the No. 1 producer of Hispanic degrees in the United States. We have achieved a Washington Monthly top 20 national ranking among universities that contribute the most to the public good. We have attained a Times Higher Education ranking of 73 among all the universities in the world that have been educating students for less than 50 years. We are nationally recognized for our leadership in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education for minority students. We have received accolades for online education and community collaborations and made discoveries that are restoring the environment. Our international and area studies programs are highly sought after. Our College of Business has excelled in key subject areas vital to our economic competitiveness and our hospitality management programs are globally recognized. We have created a health and medical education paradigm that directly improves the well-being of underserved communities. We have highly ranked professional schools including Architecture, Law, Medicine and Nursing. We are on pace to graduate more than 130,000 students in the next decade. And still, we know we can do more if we partner up with our friends and allies across the globe.