South Florida is more than just beautiful beaches and perfect subtropical weather – it’s an economic and entrepreneurial hub that provides students with countless opportunities to learn through experience.
Boca Raton
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431561.297.3000
More than 70 percent of FAU's 29,000 students take classes at FAU's first and largest campus, and the majority of the University's 170+ degree programs are based here. Located less than three miles from the Atlantic Ocean and the beautiful beaches of Boca Raton, the campus features everything you would expect from a modern university – suite-style housing for more than 4,500 students, brand-new athletics and recreational facilities, art galleries, a cafe/movie theater complex and so much more — all in a vibrant, tropical setting with a student body that is the most diverse among Florida's public universities.
The John D. MacArthur Campus presently enrolls 1,500 students and offers groundbreaking programs in research and education. Two of the world’s leading research organizations, the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and The Scripps Research Institute, are located on the campus and offer high school, undergraduate and graduate students transformational experiences not found anywhere else in the world. The campus is home to the nationally-ranked Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College which provides 440 students with a live-in, all-honors educational experience and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the largest membership program of its kind in the nation.
More than 5,000 students take classes at FAU's second-largest campus. Conveniently located in central Broward County with Broward College as part of the South Florida Education Center, FAU Davie offers coursework in 30 degree programs. The campus features more than 300,000 square feet of labs, classrooms, offices and a jointly administered library. The campus is home to the Florida Center for Environmental Studies, the STEM Education Center, and Florida Public Archaeology Network, Small Business Development Center.
5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946772.242.2400
FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) is dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and integrating the science and technology of the sea with the needs of humankind. As a base of operations for a host of research and academic programs – such as coral reef and estuary studies, marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, semester-at-sea programs and a variety of research positions and internships – undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty find HBOI's high-tech facilities and dynamic environment perfect for their varied pursuits.
111 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301954.236.1000
The Fort Lauderdale campus is strategically located at the Florida Atlantic Broward College Higher Education Complex (HEC) on Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The downtown campus is home to the School of Architecture; Graphic Design; and Film, Video and New Media. The campus also houses the MetroLab, an academic space that serves as a student exhibition and community engagement event space.
101 North Beach Road, Dania Beach, FL 33004954.924.7000
This waterfront Dania Beach facility (SeaTech) houses the Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering and complements the academic programs of the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering. SeaTech is situated near the Dania Beach pier to take advantage of its close proximity to the Atlantic Gulf Stream current. It is home to industry-sponsored ocean engineering research and technology development in the areas of acoustics, marine vehicles, hydrodynamics and physical oceanography, marine materials and nano-composites. SeaTech builds on five decades of excellence at FAU as home to one of the nation's first ocean engineering programs.
