FIU is one of the 25 largest universities in the United States, it is also ranked as a Research University in the High Research Activity category of the Carnegie Foundation’s prestigious classification system.

Cutting-edge research is conducted both independently and in partnership with leading corporations and academic institutions, with $50 million in external funding in 2001-2006 from a variety of government and corporate sources.

The College of Engineering and Computing emphasizes research as a major component of its mission through the following research centers, institutes and laboratories.