Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across six campuses located along
the southeast Florida coast. FAU is designated a Hispanic-serving institution, ranked as a top public university by U.S. News & World Report and a Very High Research Activity (R1) institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. To enhance interdisciplinary and collaborative research, FAU has established four university-wide research institutes focused on the University?s strengths. These are dedicated to improving and addressing diseases of the brain, enhancing human health and quality of life, protecting the environment locally and globally, and using sensors to monitor the world around us. FAU is also home to Florida?s State Office of the Ocean Economy. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.