Founded in 1963, the University of Central Florida is one of the largest universities in the nation. UCF is an academic, partnership, and research leader in numerous fields, such as optics and lasers, modeling and simulation, engineering and computer science, business, public administration, education, hospitality management, healthcare, and video game design. It is committed to innovative community partnerships, world-class research with local impact, and the integration of technology and learning.

The College of Sciences is the largest college at UCF, with approximately 15,000 students, 62,000 alumni, and 1,000 faculty and staff members. Through research and discovery, the College expands knowledge in communications and the physical, biological, social, behavioral, and computational sciences and builds the foundation needed for critical thinking as well as career success for its students.