Florida International University

Florida International University

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Motto	Spes scientia facultas
Motto in English	Hope, knowledge, opportunity
Type	Public
Established	1965
Endowment	$92 million
President	Modesto A. Maidique
Students	36,614
Undergraduates	29,695
Postgraduates	8,919
Location	Miami , Florida , United States
Campus	Urban
Nickname	Panthers
Mascot	Roary the Panther ORAU, Conference USA
Website	www.fiu.edu

Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university in Miami-Dade County, Florida, west of the Miami city limits in the United States. (The campus has a Miami mailing address.) The university is the largest university in South Florida and also the fifth-largest university in Florida, and the thirteenth-largest university in the country. FIU's programs in law, architecture and business are amongst its most well-ranked and most known programs. The mascot of FIU is a panther, named Roary, and students and fans of the university's athletic teams are often called "Panthers".

On March 15, 2018, a pedestrian bridge at the university collapsed and killed six people.^[1]

1. ↑ Shapiro, Emily; Doom, Justin (2018-03-16). "Bridge collapse death toll likely to rise as investigators sift through rubble". ABC News. Retrieved 2018-03-16.