University Of Central Florida

University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida is a public research university with its main campus in unincorporated Orange County, Florida, near Orlando, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida. With 70,674 students as of the fall 2025 semester, it has the second-largest on-campus student body of any public university in the United States. UCF is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research spending and doctorate production." UCF was founded in 1963 and opened in 1968 as Florida Technological University. The new state university was intended in part to train scientists and engineers for the growing aerospace and defense workforce around Kennedy Space Center and what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. As the curriculum widened beyond engineering and the physical sciences, the school was renamed the University of Central Florida in 1978.

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• Entity:  Location

• Former names:  Florida Technological University (1966–1978)
• Motto:  "Reach For The Stars"
• Type:  Public Research University
• Established:  June 10, 1963
• Founders:  Florida Legislature
• Parent institution:  State University System Of Florida
• Academic affiliations:  Orau, Space-Grant
• Endowment:  $266.7 Million (Fy2025)
• Budget:  $2.1 Billion (Fy2025)
• President:  Alexander Cartwright
• Provost:  John Buckwalter
• Academic staff:  2,865 (Fall 2025)
• Students:  70,674 (Fall 2025)
• Undergraduates:  60,083 (Fall 2025)
• Postgraduates:  10,591 (Fall 2025)
• Campus:  Large Suburb, Main: 1,415 Acres, Total: 1,893 Acres
• Other campuses:  Bay Lake, Clermont, Cocoa, Daytona Beach, Downtown Orlando, Kissimmee, Sanford
• Colors:  Black And Gold
• Mascot:  Knightro, Pegasus And The Golden Knight, Citronaut (Legacy)
• Sporting affiliations:  Ncaa Division I Fbs – Big 12, Sun Belt
• Website:  Ucf.edu
• Wikidata description:  Public University In Orange County, Florida, United States
• Wikidata label:  University Of Central Florida
• Wikidata aliases:  University Of Central Florida, Ucf, Ucf.edu

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