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New awards, patents and opportunities for research

From life-saving enhancements in healthcare technologies to innovations in space exploration, advancements in communications to groundbreaking inventions in biomedical engineering and artificial intelligence, FIU engineers are on the cutting-edge, progressively developing a myriad of innovations in direct response to real-world problems.

$45M

total annual research awards FY 2020

$275k

per principal investigator

50

research laboratories, centers and institutes

Innovations

44 Patents

Issued in FY 2019 - 2020

 

Find out what else our faculty and researchers accomplished this year.

Research

FIU is a top 50 public research university


FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing is also ranked:

*According to the American Society for Engineering Education (2018)

#1

in engineering degrees awarded to Hispanics

#25

in computer engineering degrees awarded

#6

in engineering degrees awarded to African Americans

#28

in civil engineering degrees awarded

#47

in engineering degrees awarded to women

#10

in computer science degrees

#20

in electrical engineering degrees awarded


Moss Department of Construction Management ranked #2 for best construction school in Florida By Construction-Colleges.com, 2018

Ranked #43 for “Best Online Master's in Engineering Programs” by U.S. News & World Report

At FIU, we focus on REAL
students with REAL goals and
REAL responsibilities, rooted
in the realities of today.

REAL breaks records with a multidisciplinary mindset

New degree

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, complimenting existing master’s degree in cybersecurity


Total number of degrees available:

14

B.S/B.A

15

M.S.

7

Ph.D.


Degrees awarded:

1,237

bachelor's degree awarded

347

master's degree awarded

54

Ph.D. degrees awarded

1,638

total engineering and computing degrees awarded

Students in the workforce

College collaborations with industry partners are the starting point for student success. Learn more about what our students and alumni are accomplishing in the workforce and how college partnerships are bolstering their success.

Connecting in crisis

Now more than ever, our responsibility has been to our community. During a year of unprecedented events and social unrest, our impact wasn’t limited to COVID-19 relief. Our faculty set their sights on broadening participation in STEM at HBCUs and using data to understand social media influence.