Research Facilities & Special Programs

Introduction

Since its designation as a university in 1947, Florida State University has established itself as a strong center for research and creativity in the sciences, the humanities, and the arts. During the 2022 fiscal year, FSU invested over $414 million in research, and our faculty generated over $287 million in external funding for research and creative activities. These funds, derived through contracts and grants from various private foundations, industries, and government agencies, support many of the University's research and creative activities, provide stipends for graduate students, improve research facilities, and provide opportunities for students to engage in research.

Many of our faculty members are renowned scholars in their fields. Florida State University is perhaps best known in the natural sciences for its basic research programs in physics; chemistry and biochemistry; biology; psychology; meteorology; and oceanography. Its programs in materials science, high-field magnet research, superconductivity, geology, mathematics, computer science, and statistics also have strong research components, both basic and applied. Since 1982, Florida State has operated a College of Engineering as a joint program with Florida A&M University, an enterprise combining strengths in mechanical; electrical and computer; civil; environmental; chemical and biomedical; and industrial and manufacturing engineering. The Florida State University College of Medicine, founded by statute in 2000, has major research components in the biomedical and clinical sciences, family medicine and rural health, geriatrics, and medical humanities and social sciences. Finally, Florida State has traditional and ongoing strengths in the performing and creative arts and humanities.