College Facts

FIU College of Engineering and Computing

History
  • 1965: FIU was chartered as Miami’s Public Research University
  • 1972: FIU opened its doors to students
  • 1973: College of Technology was established
  • 1984: College of Engineering and Applied Sciences was established
  • 2005: School of Computing and Information Sciences joined the College

Departments and Schools
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Construction Management
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
  • School of Computing and Information Sciences

Degree Majors
  • Biomedical Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
  • Civil Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
  • Computer Engineering B.S., M.S.
  • Computer Science B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
  • Construction Management B.S., M.S.
  • Electrical Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
  • Engineering Management M.S.
  • Environmental Engineering B.S., M.S.
  • Information Technology B.A., B.S., M.S.
  • Mechanical Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
  • Materials Science and Engineering M.S., Ph.D.
  • Telecommunication and Networking M.S.

Certifications
Graduate

  • Construction Engineering and Management
  • Electrical Power Engineering and Management 
  • Information Technology in Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning Design
  • Robotics Engineering

Enrollment
Fall 2010

  • 3963 Undergraduate
  • 545 Graduate Masters
  • 275 Graduate Doctoral
  • 4733 Total

Degrees Conferred ( 2010-11 )
  • 574 B.S.
  • 252 M.S.
  • 42 Ph.D.

Faculty and Staff
  • 34 Professors
  • 35 Associate Professors
  • 21 Assistant Professors
  • 8 Senior Instructors/Lecturers
  • 16 Instructors/Lecturers
  • Xxx Staff

External Research ( 2010 – 11 )
  • $17.4 M Research Awards in 2010-11:
  • $195k per tenured and tenure track faculty
  • $13.5M Research Expenditures in 2008-09:
  • $149k per tenured and tenure track facultyNine
  • (9) NSF CAREER Awardees and One DOE CAREER Awardee

Financial Support
  • 123 Graduate Teaching Assistantships awarded in 2010-11
  • 166 Graduate Research Assistantships awarded in 2010-11
  • 187 Undergraduate Scholarships awarded in 2010-2011

Centers and Labs
  • NSF Center of Emerging Technologies for Advanced Information Processing and High-Confidence Systems
  • NSF I/UCRC Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE)
  • Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility
  • Lehman Center for Transportation Research
  • Titan America Structures and Construction Lab

For more complete list please see Centers and Institutes

Alumni
  • Close to 15000 Golden Panther Engineering and Computing Alumni

Size
  • 3rd Largest BS Graduates in Computer Science (ASEE 2010)

Diversity
  •  Largest Hispanic BS Graduates in Engineering and Computing in continental U.S (ASEE 2010)
  • 14th Largest African-American BS Graduates in Engineering and Computing (ASEE 2010)

Space
  • 38 acre Engineering Campus includes:
  • 190,000 ft2Engineering Building;
  • 50,000 ft2 Utility building; and
  • 5,000 ft2 Wall of Wind building

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