Back معهد فلوريدا التقني Arabic Florida Institute of Technology German مؤسسه فناوری فلوریدا Persian Institut technologique de Floride French Florida Institute of Technology JV 플로리다 공과대학교 Korean Florida Institute of Technology NB فلوریڈا انسٹیٹیوٹ آف ٹیکنالوجی Urdu 佛羅里達理工學院 Chinese
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Former name | Brevard Engineering College (1958-1966) |
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| Motto | Ad Astra Per Scientiam (Latin) |
Motto in English | "To the stars through science" |
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | September 22, 1958 |
| Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $96.6 million (2023)[1] |
| President | John Nicklow |
| Provost | John Z. Kiss |
Academic staff | 407[2] |
| Undergraduates | 4,098[3] |
| Postgraduates | 5,558[3] |
| Location | , , United States 28°03′57″N 80°37′28″W / 28.06583°N 80.62444°W |
| Campus | Small city[2], 174 acres (70 ha)[4] |
| Newspaper | The Crimson |
| Colors | Red and silver[5] |
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Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Pete the Panther |
| Website | www |
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Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech or FIT) is a private research university in Melbourne, Florida. The university comprises four academic colleges: Engineering & Science, Aeronautics, Psychology & Liberal Arts, and Business.[6] Approximately half of Florida Tech's students are enrolled in the College of Engineering & Science.[7] The university's 130-acre primary residential campus is near the Melbourne Orlando International Airport and 16 miles from Patrick Space Force Base.[8] The university was founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College to provide advanced education for professionals working in the U.S. space program at the Kennedy Space Center and Space Launch Delta 45 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Since 1966, when it combined the Institute of Technology following University of Central Florida's name change, Florida Tech has gone by its current name Florida Tech.[9] In 2021, Florida Tech had an on-campus student body of 5,693 between its Melbourne Campus, Melbourne Sites, and Education Centers, as well as 3,623 students enrolled in their online programs, almost equally divided between graduate and undergraduate students with the majority focusing their studies on engineering and the sciences.[10] Florida Tech is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[11][12]
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- ^ a b As of Fall 2023. Florida Institute of Technology Institutional Data Reports (PDF) (Report). FIT Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
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- ^ Patterson, Gordon (Fall 1998). "Countdown to College: Launching Florida Institute of Technology". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 77 (2). Florida Historical Society: 163–180. JSTOR 30152246.
- ^ "Fall 2021 Official Count Report - Enrollment Headcount" (PDF). Florida Institute of Technology. September 27, 2021.
- ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Basic Classification Description". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.