Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University is a public research university in Boca Raton, Florida. It was established in 1961 and opened in 1964 as part of the State University System of Florida. From a single Boca Raton campus it added sites in Davie, Jupiter, Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, and Fort Pierce.

Colleges include arts and letters, business, education, engineering and computer science, science, social work and criminal justice, nursing, and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Fort Pierce supports marine science and ocean engineering. The Jupiter campus houses science programs near other research institutes on the same campus cluster.

FAU enrolls about 30,000 students, most of them undergraduates, with graduate students a smaller share and an intake from Florida, other U.S. states, and other countries. Faculty work across ocean science, medicine, engineering, and the social sciences. Alumni are concentrated in Florida business, education, and public life.

Graduate study includes master's degrees, professional doctorates, and the PhD, with laboratory or thesis supervision in the research colleges and coursework-heavy programs in business and education. The calendar is a U.S. semester system with a large summer term. Doctoral students are often funded on assistantships or grants. Boca Raton is a suburban coastal city; students split time among the main campus, satellite sites, and off-campus housing.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Florida Atlantic University lists 1 doctoral program, in psychology.