Florida Atlantic University
Established:	1964
Type:	Public
Endowment:	$190 million[1]
President:	Frank T. Brogan
Provost:	John Pritchett
Faculty:	1,637[2]
Staff:	1,549[2]
Students:	26,245[2]
Undergraduates:	20,525[2]
Postgraduates:	3,620[2]
Other students:	2,100[2]
Location:	Boca Raton, FL, USA
Campus:	Urban area 850 acres (3.5 km²) 6 other satellite campuses[3]
Colors:	[4]
Nickname:	Owls
Mascot:	Burrowing Owl
Athletics:	NCAA Division I, SBC 19 varsity teams
Affiliations:	AACSB, NASULGC, SACS
Website:	www.fau.edu

Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort Pierce at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.^[3] Florida Atlantic serves a seven-county region that has a populace of more than three million people and spans more than 100 miles (160 km) of Florida's eastern coastline.^[5]

The university opened its doors in 1964 as the first public university in southeast Florida and the first university in the nation to offer only upper-division and graduate level courses. Although initial enrollment was only 867 students, this number increased in 1984 when the university admitted its first undergraduate students.^[6] As of 2007, enrollment has grown to approximately 26,000 students representing 137 countries, 47 states and the District of Columbia. Since its inception, Florida Atlantic has awarded more than 110,000 degrees to more than 95,000 alumni worldwide.^[2]

Although Florida Atlantic provides for the educational needs of a substantial body of commuter students, in recent years it has undertaken an effort to increase its academic and research standings while also evolving into a more traditional university. Under the direction of current President Frank T. Brogan, the university has raised admissions standards, increased research funding, built new facilities and established notable partnerships with major research institutions.^[7][2][8] Brogan's efforts have resulted in not only an increase in the university's academic profile, but also the elevation of the football team to Division I competition status, plans for an on-campus football stadium, more on-campus housing, and a partnership with Boca Raton Community Hospital and the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine to build a teaching hospital on the main campus in Boca Raton.^{[7][9][10][11]}