University of Central Florida
Founded in 1963 to provide talent for Central Florida and the growing U.S. space program, the University of Central Florida (UCF) has been making an impact on the state, the nation — and outer space — ever since. With 13 colleges and more than 230 degree programs, follow your passion at one of our campus locations designed to help you succeed. From the main campus in east Orlando to UCF Downtown and Rosen College of Hospitality Management to the Academic Health Sciences Campus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn in the heart of your industry. UCF also has multiple regional locations and fully online programs — including online bachelor’s degrees, online graduate degrees, online certificates and more — to ensure that you can achieve your dreams whenever and wherever you want.
UCF is an academic, partnership and research leader in numerous fields, such as optics and lasers, modeling and simulation, engineering and computer science, business, public administration, education, hospitality management, healthcare and video game design. In fact, in addition to being recognized as one of the best national universities in 2020 by Washington Monthly, UCF consistently appears in U.S. News and World Report’s best college rankings. Explore several of our academic programs that regularly rank among the top in the nation — and the world:
No. 1 graduate game design program in North America in 2020, according to The Princeton Review and PC Gamer
No. 2 emergency and crisis management graduate program in the nation in 2020, according to U.S. News & World Report
No. 4 hospitality school in the world, according to CEOWORLD magazine
No. 5 nonprofit management graduate program in the nation in 2020, according to U.S. News & World Report
Ranked among the top 30 cybersecurity programs in the nation, according to cyberdegreesedu.org
Students from across the globe come to UCF to experience academic achievement — getting hands-on experience inside and outside of the classroom before graduation. Leave here prepared for a rewarding lifelong career, and make a difference in the community and beyond. At UCF, excellence is in everything we do.
