Top 10 things you didn’t know about Florida Tech
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The privilege to host the top STEM University Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) on August 29th 2019 in Colombo is a once in a life time opportunity for after O/L & A/L students and their parents to get a first-hand experience on studying at a world class STEM University (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Florida Tech is a prestigious university of distinction and value that is recognized as a Tier 1 Best National University in U.S (U.S News & World Reports); Nation’s Top Technical Institute (The Fiske guide to colleges), Golden Age University (Times Higher Education) and Best for Return on Investment (PayScale).
Here are the top 10 things you didn’t know about Florida Tech!
It all started with 37 cents; Founder and visionary physicist Dr. Jerome P. Keuper believed that the U.S. couldn’t win the space race unless an innovative and enterprising university existed to provide advanced education to the engineers and scientists working at Cape Canaveral, now known as the NASA Kennedy Space Center. He expressed this vision to a friend in the 1950’s and jokingly, the friend pushed 37 cents in change across the table and said, “There’s your first donation, Jerry, go and build that College.
Dr. Keuper defied all Odds; What started with 37 cents as a night school for the early “missile men” of the U.S. space programme is now a comprehensive national research university offering over 200 degrees in disciplines ranging from aviation, space technology to oceanography for undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees recognized worldwide for excellence in preparing students for careers of the future.
STEM is the DNA; Florida Tech is known as Florida’s STEM University simply because: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are the DNA. This makes STEM a driving force behind everything they do and why they exist. STEM – related academics include Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biotechnology, Nano science and Energy Systems Engineering and many more.
Over 100 Nationalities; Students from more than 100 countries worldwide choose to live and learn at Florida Tech, making it a truly global university. Florida Tech is consistently ranked as the top national university for fostering international experiences (U.S. News & World Report)., which means having a dynamic, enriching experience while building incredibly valuable cross-cultural skills.
Real & Hands-on; No matter your major, students at Florida Tech is going to learn by- doing; from flying planes, building rocket engines, fighting simulated cyber-attacks, students are guaranteed to engage in interesting fieldwork and projects starting from the first year. Employers say “Florida Tech graduates are ready for work”, because graduates have professional-level skills with real world technologies which they put to use throughout their Florida Tech experience.
Astronauts & Fortune 500 Careers; 5 of Florida Tech’s alumni have served as Space Shuttle astronauts and graduates in the last decade have secured careers at Amazon, Apple, Boeing, Deloitte, GE, Harris Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell Collins, Siemens, SpaceX, and so forth. There is nothing that reflects the value of a Florida Tech education more than the personal and professional successes of the graduates.
92% hold Ph.Ds. & have been to Space; At Florida Tech, being “stellar” means more than just being accomplished. It means using one’s accomplishments to help students reach their full potential—and that’s what the faculty is all about with 92% of faculty holding Ph.Ds and three of the Florida Tech faculty journeyed into outer space, they are the experts on everything; unraveling the mysteries of lightning, supermassive black holes and autism spectrum disorder, they build better rocket engines, space telescopes and cyber security software and much more.
Buzz Aldrin, living legend on campus; Florida Tech is home to Aldrin Space Institute (ASI) and Buzz Aldrin himself is a member of the research faculty. Buzz Aldrin is the Apollo 11 astronaut and American hero; himself and mission Commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon. ASI conducts scientific research and development in support of an eventual human settlement on Mars.
Space Connections; Florida Tech is proud to share a rich history and deep connections with the U.S. space programme, commercial space initiatives and partner agencies having been founded by a Cape Canaveral rocket scientist in 1958. The university has prepared generations of engineers and scientists for space-related careers and the faculty, students and alumni contribute immensely to vital research, scientific discoveries and novel technologies to the space industry.
Engineering & Scientific Excellence; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is at the forefront. The College of Engineering and Science is the largest and it is the foundation that keeps the university strong with every classroom and laboratory on campus having the ever-present challenge to design, create and innovate and to leave the world a better place than you found it. Florida Tech’s mission is advancing science and technology for the benefit of mother earth and all of its inhabitants; it makes the university better and is certain to make you better too.
Florida Tech challenges students to go further than they ever dreamt and this experience instills in students to go far in life to attain their life’s goals.
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