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The University of Florida College of Medicine, the largest of six colleges within the University of Florida Health Science Center, opened in 1956 with a mission to increase Florida’s supply of highly qualified physicians, provide advanced health-care services to the citizens of Florida and foster discovery in health research. Since graduating its first medical students in 1960, the UF College of Medicine has graduated more than 5,000 physicians. The college also offers other graduate degree programs, including medical science, biomedical engineering, physician assistant studies and an interdisciplinary program in biomedical sciences.

Founded in 1963 to provide talent for Central Florida and the growing U.S. space program, UCF has been making an impact on the state, the nation — and outer space — ever since. With 13 colleges and more than 230 degree programs, your passion lies at one of our campus locations designed to help you succeed. From the main campus in east Orlando to UCF Downtown and Rosen College of Hospitality Management to the Academic Health Sciences Campus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn in the heart of your industry. UCF also has multiple regional locations and fully online programs — including online bachelor’s degrees, online graduate degrees, online certificates and more — to ensure that you can achieve your dreams whenever and wherever you want. Being part of the UCF alumni family means... being a community. A group of people who have a UCF experience, who care about the university and who want to stay connected to it. Being the voice of UCF alumni. Upholding and creating the traditions of UCF. We began with 423, and now we are over 340,000 strong. Our UCF experience has altered us. It has stuck with us. It has changed us. We engage the world with spirit and pride. We are passionate. We are enthusiastic. We are dedicated. We inform, educate and inspire. We embrace our inner Knights. We love our alma mater. We bleed black and gold. We are UCF.

Florida State University offers a unique academic environment built on our cherished values, distinctive heritage, and welcoming campus. Florida State has it all, offering nationally-ranked academics, world-renowned faculty, championship athletics, and a prime location in the heart of the state capital. And we're the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida! Combining traditional strength in the arts and humanities with recognized leadership in the sciences, our university is privileged to provide 16 colleges that offer more than 275 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, professional and specialist degree programs, and it’s worth noting that each year FSU awards over 2,000 graduate and professional degrees. Upon graduation, our students join an exclusive and supportive network of more than 300,000 alumni around the world. Florida State University's arts programs rank among the finest in the world. We also offer a wide array of undergraduate and graduate research opportunities, including those at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory – the only national lab in the state. We are Florida State University, and we are inspiring the extraordinary. Interested in learning more about Florida State? Visit http://fsu.edu/about/.