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State University System of Florida - Definition and Overview |
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The State University System of Florida is a system of universities indirectly governed by the State of Florida.
SUS Institutions
The year the university was founded, followed by the year first classes were held, are in parentheses.
- Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida (1887)
- Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (1961, 1964)
- Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida (1991, 1997)
- Florida International University, Miami, Florida (1965, 1972)
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (1851 as Florida Seminary West of the Suwannee, 1901 as Florida State College for Women and 1947 as FSU)
- New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida (1960 as a private college. Merged into USF's system in 1975, gained independence in 2001)
- University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (1963, 1968)
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1853 as East Florida Seminary in Ocala, 1906 as UF in Gainesville)
- University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida (1969, 1972)
- University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (1956, 1960)
- University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida (1963, 1967)
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