University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private research university founded in 1925 in Coral Gables, Florida, immediately south of Miami. It was established as a southern teaching and research university and grew around a planned Mediterranean Revival campus in Coral Gables, with the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science on Virginia Key and the Miller School of Medicine in downtown Miami.

Schools include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Miami Herbert Business School, the College of Engineering, the Rosenstiel School, the School of Law, the Miller School of Medicine, the School of Communication, the School of Architecture, the Frost School of Music, the School of Education and Human Development, and the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Marine and atmospheric science, medicine, law, music, and business are the graduate fields most associated with the university. The medical campus and Rosenstiel laboratories on Biscayne Bay are the principal sites for graduate students outside Coral Gables.

Enrollment is about 19,000, including more than 6,000 graduate and professional students. International students, many from Latin America and the Caribbean, form a large share of the student body and come from more than 100 countries. Faculty number more than 1,500. Alumni include musician Bruce Hornsby, actor Ray Liotta, and former Miami mayor Manny Diaz.

Graduate routes include the PhD, MD, JD, MM and DMA, MBA, and research master's in marine and atmospheric science. Doctoral work is laboratory- and supervision-based; medicine, law, and music follow professional cohort models. The calendar is two semesters. PhD students are typically supported by assistantships and grants. Graduate life is split among suburban Coral Gables, the medical district in Miami, and the Rosenstiel campus on the bay.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Miami lists 177 graduate programs across 39 subjects: 120 master's programs and 52 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in music, education and earth & environmental sciences. University of Miami holds rank 282 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.