Florida International University was created by the Florida Legislature in 1965 and opened to students in 1972. The Modesto A. Maidique Campus sits in Westchester, an unincorporated part of western Miami-Dade County, and the Biscayne Bay Campus is a 200-acre waterfront site in North Miami. It is a public research university in the State University System of Florida, classified R1, and is one of the state's Preeminent State Research Universities. Programmes include the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, the College of Law and the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work. The International Hurricane Research Center operates the Wall of Wind testing facility, and the university also runs the Wolfsonian-FIU design museum in Miami Beach and the Frost Art Museum. Teams were called Sunblazers until 1987, when they became the Golden Panthers, and the Panthers compete in NCAA Division I FBS. Fall 2025 enrollment was 55,811 students.
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FIU reports growing selectivity, with one 2025 article citing an admit rate near 41 percent.
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11200 SW 8th St, Miami, Florida, United States
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