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Florida International University, often referred to as simply FIU, is a public research university located in Miami-Dade County, in the US state of Florida, with the main campus located at University Park, which is a census-designated place, with a population estimated at a number of nearly 26 600 inhabitants, during the 2000 census.
FIU was officially founded in 1965, thanks to the bill that was signed into law by then-governor W. Haydon Burns, in June, and it is the youngest university to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, as well as the oldest academic honor society, in the country. Its history actually starts since 1943, when state Senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham, expressed its wish to establish a public university in South Florida, to the state legislature, but the university wasn’t officially founded until the reminded date.
Today, FIU offers its students over 190 programs of study, with more than 280 majors, through 23 colleges and schools, including graduate programs in architecture, engineering, business administration, medicine and law, offering a total of 82 master’s degrees, 20 doctoral, as well as 2 professional degrees. Florida International is one of the primary graduate research universities in the State University System of Florida, awarding more than 2000 professional and graduate degrees, annually.
The athletic teams from FIU are known as the FIU Golden Panthers, who compete in NCAA Division I, as members of the Sun Belt Conference, in all of FIU’s 17 varsity sports, except men’s soccer, in which they participate in the Conference USA, as an affiliate member, being best known for their achievements in football. The Golden Panthers football team plays the home games at FIU Stadium, nicknamed "The Cage", and are currently coached by Mario Cristobal.
The list of notable FIU alumni contains resonant names such as: Garvin Alston - professional MLB player, Carlos Arroyo - professional NBA basketball player, Liz Balmaseda - two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, academy award nominated famous actor Andy Garcia, Carlos Alvarez - Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Omar Baez, Jr. - NASA launch director for Launch Services Program at John F. Kennedy Space Center, as well as many other great people who have made themselves notable in various fields, after graduation.
