In Brief: Nova Southeastern University (NSU)
NSU is a dynamic, not-for-profit independent institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs of distinction from preschool through the professional and doctoral levels, as well as service to the community. It prepares students for lifelong learning and leadership roles in business and the professions. It offers academic programs at times convenient to students, employing innovative delivery systems and rich learning resources on campus, at distant sites, and online. The university fosters inquiry, research, and creative professional activity by uniting faculty members and students in acquiring and applying knowledge in clinical, community, and professional settings.
| Located on a beautiful 300-acre campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, NSU has more than 26,000 students and is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast United States. It is the 6th largest private university in the United States. NSU awards bachelor’s, master’s, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in more than 90 disciplines. It has a college of arts and sciences and schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health and nursing, optometry, law, computer and information sciences, psychology, education, business, oceanography, and humanities and social sciences. The institution’s programs for families, offered through the Family Center and University School, include innovative parenting, preschool, primary, and secondary education programs. Its programs are offered in Fort Lauderdale as well as in locations throughout Florida, across the nation, and at sites in France, Greece, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, and the Caribbean. Despite the geographic diversity of sites where classes are offered, 82 percent of the student body attends classes in Florida. |
The university’s library system is composed of: The Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center; The Shepard Broad Law School Law Library and Technology Center; The William Richardson Oceanographic Library, and the Health Profession Division Library. The catalogs of all NSU libraries are accessible to students and faculty members, wherever they may be located, via computers for remote searching (as are catalogs of other university libraries) using the Electronic Library. Online and CD-ROM databases complement the paper-based holdings and provide full-text resources. NSU is a member of several cooperative networks and is able to obtain books and periodicals through interlibrary loan quickly and efficiently. NSU students may also use many other libraries. The university continues to expand its library to meet the needs of its growing community. The Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center is a joint use facility with the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. This five-story, 325,000 square-foot facility, the largest library building in Florida, has 1,000 user seats, 20 electronic classrooms (one is for children), and a 500-seat auditorium.
Nova Southeastern University has produced more than 90,000 alumni. Since 1971, it has enjoyed full accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the regional accrediting body for this region of the United States .
The success of NSU's programs is reflected in the accomplishments of its graduates, among whom are:
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