The University of Central Florida

University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...

 is a space-grant

Space grant colleges

The space-grant colleges compose a network of 52 consortia, based at universities across the United States, for outer space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico and consists of multiple independent institutions, with one of the...

 university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 located on a 1415 acres (5.7 km²) campus in Orlando

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida

State University System of Florida

The State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...

 and is the third-largest university in the United States.

The UCF Office of Research & Commercialization is responsible for the organization and administration of the university's research centers, institutes and partners. The Office is located in located on UCF's main campus in Central Florida Research Park

Central Florida Research Park

The Central Florida Research Park, is a research park abutting the main campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States...

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Research centers and institutes

Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center Biomolecular Science Center Burnham Institute for Medical Research Burnham Institute for Medical Research The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, previously Burnham Institute for Medical Research, is a non-profit medical research institute with locations in La Jolla, California, Orlando, Florida, and Santa Barbara, California... Center for Advanced Turbines and Energy Research Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation Center for Engineering Leadership and Learning Center for Emerging Media UCF Center for Emerging Media The Center for Emerging Media is a school of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA... Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers Coastal Hydroscience Analysis, Modeling & Predictive Simulations Lab (CHAMPS) College of Optics and Photonics University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics The UCF College of Optics and Photonics is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA. The dean of the college is Bahaa E. A... Dick Pope, Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies Environmental Systems Engineering Institute Florida Energy Systems Consortium: Energy Conversion Research Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy is a graduate school of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA... Florida Power Electronics Center

Florida Sinkhole Research Institute Florida Solar Energy Center Florida Solar Energy Center The Florida Solar Energy Center is a research institute of the University of Central Florida, located on a 20 acre research complex on Florida's Space Coast at UCF's Cocoa satellite campus. FSEC is the largest and most active state-supported renewable energy and energy efficiency research,... Florida Space Institute Interdisciplinary Information Science and Technology Lab Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (IASE) Institute for Economic Competitiveness Institute for Economic Competitiveness The UCF Institute for Economic Competitiveness is an economic research institute of the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA... Institute for Simulation and Training Institute for Simulation and Training The Institute for Simulation and Training is a research institute of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, USA. The director of the school is Randall Shumaker.... LAN Institute M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Institute NanoScience Technology Center National Center for Forensic Science Progress Energy Leadership Institute Stormwater Management Academy Transportation Systems Institute Wekiva Resource Council

External links

• UCF Office of Research & Commercialization