Florida State University

Florida State University, also commonly referred to as "FSU" or "Florida State", is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded and located in Tallahassee, Florida in 1851. Its president is Dr. T. K. Wetherell. The university is composed of 17 colleges and institutes that offer more than 300 programs of study.

Academics

Florida State University has leading graduate, undergraduate, and professional programs that include Law and Medicine.

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Law - Medicine

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In the 2006 U.S. News & World Report of Best Colleges, Florida State was ranked at #109 (up from 111 in 2005) among national universities and to #51 (up from 54 in 2005) among public universities.

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U.S. News & World Report - National universities

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The fully accredited College of Medicine is the first new M.D. program to be established in the United States since 1982. It is charting a new course for medical education with an emphasis on the use of interdisciplinary teams and emerging new technology. Created in June of 2000 by the Florida Legislature, its mission is educating physicians to serve the state's rural, geriatric, minority and other medically underserved populations. The medical school's regional campuses are in Tallahassee, Pensacola, Jacksonville, Orlando, Sarasota, and Ft. Myers.

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Medicine - M.D. - United States - Interdisciplinary teams - Technology - Florida Legislature - Medical school - Tallahassee - Pensacola - Jacksonville - Orlando - Sarasota - Ft. Myers

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The Florida State University College of Law has jumped 11 slots to #56 in the latest edition of the influential national rankings of law schools by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine's 2006 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools also ranks the College of Law as one of the most diverse in the country. Environmental Law Program Ranks 14th in Nation. Hispanic Business Magazine has ranked the College of Law among the top 10 law schools in the nation for Hispanics for the second consecutive year. Hispanics made up 9 percent of the school's 748-member student body and received 11 percent of the 205 law degrees awarded to the class of 2004.

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Florida State University College of Law - U.S. News & World Report - Law - Environmental Law - Hispanics

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The College of Business has consistently been ranked one of the Top 40 undergraduate business schools by U.S. News & World Report at #38. Among public universitities it is in the Top 25. and the program has grown to be one of the nation's ten largest. The college is a recognized leader in graduating minority doctoral candidates. The college earned a fourth-place spot in the Black Issues' Top 100, for its success in awarding the doctorate in business to African Americans. The college offers programs in Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Real Estate, Risk Management & Insurance, Management, and Management Information Systems. The college also offers online MBA programs.

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Business - U.S. News & World Report - Doctoral candidates - African Americans - Accounting - Entrepreneurship - Finance - Marketing - Real Estate - Risk Management & Insurance - Management - Management Information Systems - MBA

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The Dedman School of Hospitality is in the College of Business at FSU. Based on input from industry representatives, the hospitality management business component of the program is what attracts companies to FSU students. The school boasts a consistent 100% job placement record. The Dedman School of Hospitality also offers a major in Professional Golf Management, one of seventeen programs nationwide accredited by The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA), to prepare students to meet these challenges. The state of Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the country and is the headquarters for the PGA, LPGA, PGA Tour, and National Golf Foundation amd FSU has a long, distinguished history of graduating professional golfers and educating students for business and hospitality operations.

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Hospitality - Business - Hospitality management - Professional Golf Management - Professional Golfers' Association of America - PGA - LPGA - PGA Tour - National Golf Foundation

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FSU's Computer Science program is the only Florida school that is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) by the National Security Agency. Its peers includes schools such as Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This designation is attained through a competitive process that evaluates the school's ability to meet rigorous standards for information assurance education.

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Computer Science - National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education - National Security Agency - Carnegie Mellon University - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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The College of Information's programs in Library & Information Science is one of the most respected and consistantly top-ranked programs in the nation and has held such rankings for many years in the U.S. News & World Report. The program tied for #12, the School Library Media program ranked #2 and the Services for Children and Youth specialization program tied for #2. The college has the largest online MLS program in the nation. According to the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, the undergraduate program in Information Technology is sprouting in popularity.

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Information - Library - Information Science - U.S. News & World Report - MLS - Information Technology

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Many of FSU's other academic programs consistently rank among the nation?s top twenty-five public universities, including programs in Chemistry, Creative Writing, Criminology, Dance, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Film, Meteorology, Music, Oceanography, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Statistics, and Sociology. http://www.fsu.edu/~pres/98state/speech4.html

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Chemistry - Creative Writing - Criminology - Dance - Ecology - Evolutionary Biology - Film - Meteorology - Music - Oceanography - Physics - Political Science - Psychology - Public Policy - Statistics - Sociology

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A signifigant achivement at the university was chemistry professsor and synthetic organic chemist, Dr. Robert A. Holton's synthesizing of Taxol on Dec. 9, 1993. The breast and ovarian cancer treatment that has brought the school more than $350 million in royalties since the mid-1990s.

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Robert A. Holton - Taxol

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