Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech or FIT) is a private research university in Melbourne, Florida, United States. The university comprises four academic colleges: Engineering & Science, Aeronautics, Psychology & Liberal Arts, and Business. Approximately half of Florida Tech's students are enrolled in the College of Engineering & Science. The university's 130 acres (53 ha) primary residential campus is near the Melbourne Orlando International Airport and 16 miles from Patrick Space Force Base. The university was founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College to provide advanced education for professionals working in the U.S. space program at the Kennedy Space Center and Space Launch Delta 45 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Florida Tech has been known by its present name since 1966. In 2024, Florida Tech had an on-campus student body of 5,101 between its Melbourne Campus and Off-Campus Sites, as well as 4,762 students enrolled in their online programs, almost equally divided between graduate and undergraduate students with the majority focusing their studies on engineering and the sciences. Florida Tech is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".