Submitted to the Florida Board of Regents Staff, Spring 1999
Florida International University (FIU) is an urban, multi campus, research university serving Southeast Florida, the state, the nation and the international community by imparting knowledge through excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching, by creating new knowledge through research, and by promoting public service.
Five strategic themes guide the University's development: International, Environmental, Urban, Health, and Information. We focus on these themes with a commitment to quality management and cultural diversity.
The University's priorities are to graduate a well educated, technologically sophisticated, ethnically diverse student body, who can think critically about a changing world; to continue to enhance undergraduate teaching while broadening graduate and professional programs; to promote research and creative activities which contribute to the social, artistic, cultural, economic, environmental, scientific and technological foundations for the 21st century; and to solve critical social, educational, environmental, health and transportation problems through applied research and service.
These strategic themes and priorities guide our pursuit of recognition as one of America's top 25 public urban research universities while maintaining the highest quality of undergraduate programs. |
