University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida is a public research university in Orlando, Florida. It opened in 1963 as Florida Technological University to supply engineers and scientists to the space program at Cape Canaveral and was renamed in 1978. The main campus covers about 1,400 acres in east Orlando.

Thirteen colleges include engineering and computer science, sciences, medicine, and the Rosen College of Hospitality Management. The university is known for optics and photonics, modeling and simulation, aerospace, and hospitality. Graduate research concentrates at the Institute for Simulation and Training, the Florida Space Institute, and the College of Medicine in Lake Nona's Medical City.

Enrollment is about 68,000, among the largest in the United States, with about 10,000 graduate and professional students. International students number in the thousands and come from more than 140 countries. Faculty number about 3,000. Alumni include NFL quarterback Blake Bortles, actress Cheryl Hines, and a large cohort of engineers in Florida's space industry.

Graduate study includes research and professional master's degrees and the Ph.D., with coursework plus dissertation supervision in the science and engineering colleges. The M.D. is offered at Lake Nona. The calendar follows U.S. semesters. Assistantships and fellowships support many research students. Housing is on the east Orlando campus or in the city, with medical students based at Lake Nona.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Central Florida lists 4 graduate programs across 3 subjects: 2 master's programs and 2 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in computer science, electrical engineering and physics.