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University of Central Florida (UCF)

Florida, United States


Public
university

43.0 %
acceptance rate

$18,000/ year
average tuition fee

$6,400 /year
average living expense


159
average GRE quant score

1309
total graduate enrollment

Website:
www.ucf.edu


Engineering graduate courses offered at UCF

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Modeling & Simulation
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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Weather conditions around UCF

Jan - Mar Apr - Jun Jul - Sep Oct - Dec

12.1

14.7

2.5

15.3


About University of Central Florida

Established in 1963, UF is an American metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida. Talking about the enrollment data as per the census the Initial enrollment was only 1,948 students. The data of 2014 enrollment consists of 60,821 students from over 140 countries, more than 40 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The name Florida itself adds a bit of style to the university, so if you are expecting a lot of academics out of it, please change your perception.

Location

The campus is situated in Orlando, a name which you must have heard in many songs by famous bands. Orlando is located in the heard of Florida and is a hub of entertainment. Sometimes you must feel like a tourist more than a student in UCF. From the fountain at Lake Eola to the Walk Disney world resort, this place is full of entertaining places. If you plan to study here, before you apply make a check list of tourist spots along with campus syllabus to begin your fun-filled career.

Infrastructure

The campus of UCF is unique in many ways with a concentric central design. It is designed on the basis of the prototype of Walt Disney’s studio and has inspired many campus structures throughout the world. The campus itself is one the most appreciated structures amongst the universities.

Residing Options

The university provides residing options to their students, which are less in number. Every student cannot avail the facility of in-campus residential. Living at Florida isn’t cheap, it is expensive and so is the off campus living which can cost up to 2,000 US$ to 4,000 US$ depending on the type of residential you choose.

Weather

If it’s Florida, weather does not matter. Florida itself is known as a ‘Tan City’ which means it is humid and sunny here. During the height of Orlando's humid summer season, high temperatures are typically in the lower to mid- 90’s °F (32–36 °C), while low temperatures rarely fall below 70 °F (21 °C). The average window for such temperatures is April 19 – October 11.

Faculty and pedagogy

Faculty at UCF is one of the best that’s out there. The recruitment procedure for the faculty is of the highest quality. The best with its qualification and teaching experience gets in as a faculty at UCF. The teachers are responsive and attentive to all kind of doubts. Never has happened that a student has complaint over a teacher not answering his doubts of syllabus.

Financial aid

Yes, the university provides a number of scholarship programs which can be availed when available. These scholarship programs are like a blue moon which happens once in a while so you must check their website regularly to avail its benefits.

Jobs and placements at UCF

The central park at the university conducts a yearly program that helps thousands of students and alumni to get jobs. This program is more like an in-campus placement program and it really does help.

Crowd and campus life

Don’t get us wrong here, this topic is not to be discussed it is to be experienced. Life at campus is one of the most memorable experience, even if you are a loner. The campus if filled with stardom and is always in the limelight of famous personalities visiting it. The crowd at UCF is of high class, do not expect to be friends with any student who belong to middle class because there are none. Even though the students belong to rich families, they do not hold an ego. It is easy to communicate if you have a good behavior.

Alumni

Cheryl Hines, Cheryl David on the HBO television series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Daniel Tosh, host of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central.

Verdict

University of Central Florida is not a mediocre university. It is not average. If you are not used to rich living, then you can learn it here or you will be neglected. The university has a number of notable faculties and alumni. The only problem that can get you in trouble is your attitude, which can give you a bad experience here at UCF. If you want to concentrate just on studies, then this is not a great place for you even though it has a good faculty.

Website: www.ucf.edu