FSU's welcoming campus is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida, in a community that fosters free inquiry and embraces diversity, along with championship athletics, and a prime location in the heart of the state capital.

Quick Facts:

1. Founded in 1851; oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida
2. 44,597 students from every Florida county and 130 countries
3. 17:1 student/faculty ratio
4. 2,615 traditional faculty, including 6 Nobel Laureates

• Florida State is home to Florida's only national laboratory, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug Taxol.

• FSU operates the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation.

• The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

• FSU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". In 2020, the university had research and development (R&D) expenditures of $350.4 million, ranking it 75th in the nation.

• FSU's intercollegiate sports teams, commonly known by their "Florida State Seminoles" nickname, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In their 113-year history, Florida State's varsity sports teams have won 20 national athletic championships and Seminole athletes have won 78 individual NCAA national championships.

• FSU's students have the opportunity to work and study among faculty that includes a Nobel Laureate, three active members of the National Academy of Sciences, two active members of the National Academy of Engineering, two active members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, two Pulitzer Prize winners, 11 active Guggenheim Fellowship recipients, and over 30 Fulbright Scholars.