Florida Institute of Technology

[Sonal Kochar]

 

The Florida Institute of Technology (commonly referred to asFlorida Tech or FIT), is a private research university located in Melbourne, Florida, United States. Florida Tech has five academic divisions with strong emphases on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Its 130-acre primary campus is located near the Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Tech Research Park, which hosts numerous high-tech companies, and a large concentration of technology-sector jobs in the USA.

Founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, the university has been known by its present name since 1966. As of 2012, Florida Tech had an on campus student body of 4,200, almost equally divided between graduate- and undergraduate-level students, with the plurality of them focusing their studies on engineering and the sciences. An additional 3,400 study online and 1,200 reside at extended campuses.

Despite its small size and young history, Florida Tech is consistently ranked among the best national doctoral-granting universities in the US. Florida Tech has more than 50,000 alumni, including a National Teacher of the Year recipient, director of a NASA center, five astronauts who have flown on the Space Shuttle, several astronaut candidates, the first female four-star general, two other four-star generals and nearly two dozen other generals, a 1992 Olympic medalist, a major league pitcher, and thousands that serve as scientists, engineers, pilots, and managers in many high-technology enterprises

 

Rankings

 

As of 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranks Florida Tech a first-tier national university and among the 4 best universities in Florida, joining University of Miami, University of Florida, andFlorida State University.U.S. News & World Report ranks FIT the #2 best private Florida university and #160 among all national universities.

 

Florida Tech was listed as #3 of the 20 fastest-growing campuses, 2000-2010, among private nonprofit research institutions in the Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac 2012.

 

In 2010, Forbes Magazine rated Florida Tech as one of the top 20 colleges that leave graduates with the most debt. However, in 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek rated FIT as the best Floridacollege in return on investment (ROI). PayScale also rates FIT highly in ROI, ranking FIT #2 best in Florida. Also, according PayScale, Florida Tech graduates receive the highest starting salaries and have the highest mid-career salaries among allFlorida university graduates.

 

Barron's Guide rates Florida Tech a "Best Buy" in College Education. FIT is one of the top 13 technical institutions in engineering and one of the nation's top 18 technological institutions in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009. In 2009, Washington Monthly ranked Florida Tech's ROTC program first in nation and rated Florida Tech as the top private university inFlorida; listing research impact as one of the ranking criteria.

 

Academics:

 

The university offers degrees in a wide variety of science and engineering disciplines, and is one of the few universities to offer an aviation degree. Florida Institute of Technology is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The Engineering programs are also accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Computer Science program is accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Commission of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board. Its chemistry program is accredited by the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society. Aeronautical Science and Aviation Management programs are accredited by the Council on Aviation Accreditation. The Clinical Psychology PsyD program is accredited by the American Psychological Association, and the graduate Behavior Analysis programs by the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). The university is divided into six colleges: College of Aeronautics, College of Engineering, Nathan M. Bisk College of Business, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, College of Science, and University College.

 

Some Popular programs:

 

·         Aerospace Engineering

·         Chemical Engineering

·         Civil Engineering

·         Computer Engineering

·         Computer Science

·         Electrical Engineering

·         Engineering Management

·         Environmental resources management

·         Environmental Science

·         Mechanical Engineering

·         Meteorology

·         Ocean Engineering

·         Oceanography

·         Biological

·         Chemical

·         Coastal Zone Management

·         Geological

·         Physical

·         Software Engineering

·         Systems Engineering

 

     

 

 

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