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From the President Academic Degree Programs Looking back on my irst year as president of the University of Florida (UF), I am happy to note that 2015 was a year of great success and achievement for our (As of December 2015 BOG Degree Program Inventory) university. Our students, faculty and valued partners throughout the Florida High Baccalaureate 98 Engineer 1 Master’s 126 Professional Doctorate 5 Tech Corridor have made signiicant contributions in the areas of research and development, encouraging a lasting impact on our economy. In 2015, UF received more than $700 million in research awards, surpassing the previous record set in iscal year 2014 by more than $5 million. This included a record $102 million in funding from industry, an increase of more than 40 percent over the previous year. UF is consistently ranked as a leading public university, and these research dollars are a major contributing factor. One such research project is the Multi-functional Integrated System Technology (MIST) Center which will play a pivotal role in researching the next generation of “smart” electronics. With a partner site at the University of Central Florida, the MIST Center will help power the “Internet of Things” as our society continues to push toward connectivity. Another example of innovation is HiPerGator 2.0, the third-fastest university supercomputer in the country and a piece of machinery capable of storing more information than all the books in the Library of Congress and the nation’s top 25 public libraries (including the New York Public Library) combined. As UF continues to innovate and create groundbreaking technologies in tandem with our Corridor partners, our region stands poised to grow as a leading high tech hub. I look forward to being a part of the promising future that lies ahead. Cordially yours, Dr. W. Kent Fuchs President, University of Florida Research Doctorate 81 Specialist 7 Professionals (Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine) 5 Number of Degrees Awarded (1905 – Summer 2015) Baccalaureate 343,674 Master’s 103,736 Specialist 3,241 Engineer 88 Ph.D. 22,862 MD 5,494 DVM 2,841 EDD 1,382 DMD 2,781 JD 18,680 DPH 6,855 DNP 156 SJD 4 AUD 275 DPM 21 DPT 271 Professional (Undesignated – Before 1959) 75 Personnel (as of Fall 2015) 32 florida.HIGH.TECH 2016 Full-Time Regular Faculty 2,776 Part-Time Regular Faculty 147 Full-Time Clinical Faculty 993 Part-Time Clinical Faculty 148 Full-Time Staff 8,307 Part-Time Staff 186 Fall 2015 Enrollment: 49,555