Quality Education with Financial Support at Florida International University

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Quality Education with Financial Support
atFlorida International University

• Presented by
• Dr. Khokiat Kengskool
• Associate Professor and
• FIU College of Engineerings Representative for
  International Programs in Thailand

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FIU at a Glance

• FIU is a Public Research University of the State
  of Florida established in 1972.
• FIU is the 25th largest university in the United
  States and the largest one in South Florida.
• Currently, FIU has more than 38,000 students and
  1,000 full time faculty members.
• 95 of the Universitys full time faculty hold
  doctorates or the highest degree attainable in
  their field.
• FIU offers more than 200 bachelors, masters,
  and doctoral programs in 17 colleges and schools.

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National Recognition

• Ranked as a Research University with the High
  Research Activity category by the Carnegie
  Foundation.
• Over 92 million of the research funding.
• Ranked among the 100 Best Values in Public
  Colleges in the USA?. ( 1 )
• Ranked among the top 50 nationally for
  in-state students and
• Top 100 nationally for out-of-state and
  international students. ( 1 )
• (1 ) Kiplingers Personal Finance magazines 2006
  survey

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National Recognition(Continue)

• Ranked 7 in the Nation for undergraduate
  international business program and
• Top 20 of the Nation in Graduate programs by US
  News and World Report in 2006
• Named one of the 10 Cool Colleges for
  Entrepreneurs by Fortune Small Business Magazine
  in 2006.
• Ranked 1 in Florida for the Executive MBA
  program by Financial Times.
• The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  has been recognized as one of the Nations top
  programs.

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Academic Programs
College of Architecture and the Arts           
School of Architecture            School of Art
and Art History            School of Theatre,
Dance, and Speech Communication           
School of MusicCollege of Arts and
SciencesCollege of Business Administration      
      School of AccountingCollege of
EducationCollege of Engineering and
Computing            School of Computing and
Information SciencesSchool of Journalism and
Mass CommunicationCollege of LawCollege of
Medicine (2009) College of Nursing and Health
SciencesCollege of Social Work, Justice, and
Public Affairs            School of Social Work
            School of Criminal Justice
            School of Public Administration 
School of Hospitality and Tourism
ManagementStempel School of Public Health

• In the Fall of 2009, the university plans to
  welcome its first medical school classes.

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3 Main Campuses one Center

• 344-acre University Park campus in western
  Miami-Dade County.
• 200-acre Biscayne Bay Campus in northeast
  Miami-Dade County.
• 40-acre Engineering Center, a major research
  facility, located near the University Park
  campus.
• The Downtown Center, located in downtown Miami,
  offers graduate level business courses for busy
  professionals.

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College of Engineering and Computing at a Glance

• Offering 31 Degree Programs for BS, MS and Ph.D.
• School and Departments
• School of Computing and Information Science
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Computer Engineering
• Industrial Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Material Engineering
• Construction Management
• Over 3300 undergraduate students, 450 Master
  students 250 Ph.D. students
• 120 full time faculty members

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Research Activities Graduate Financial
Assistance

• Focus on Research Activities.
• 65 of faculty members are working on funded
  research projects.
• 16.5 Million of the current endowment funds.
• 17 Research Centers including a state-of-the art
  NANO Lab.
• 95 of full time Ph.D. students receive a full
  stipend and full tuition waiver.
• 60 of full time Master students receive either
  full or partial financial support.

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Institutional Financial Aid Opportunities for
Graduate International Students

• Graduate Assistantships
• Financial aid with assigned working duties in
  Teaching (TA) or conduction Research (RA)
• Will receive monthly stipends and partial or full
  tuition waiver
• Scholarships
• Based upon academic excellence, talent and/or
  field of study
• Scholarships vary in dollar amount and number of
  years covered
• No assigned working duties and no required
  payback
• Fellowships
• Available for exceptional entering full time
  Ph.D. students
• Strong recommendation provided by faculty member

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Graduate Assistantships A) Research Teaching
Assistantships (RA TA)

• Admitted as a full time graduate student
  (9 credits/Fall Spring
  semester 6 credits/summer)
• Outstanding GPA gt3.0, GREgt1000 TOEFL gt550
• Benefit for full support working 20 hrs/week
• Receive 11,500/Fall Spring for Master Students
• Receive 13,000/Fall Spring for Ph.D. Students
• Full tuition waiver ( 6526.80/ 9 credit hours)
• Students pay only 342.18/semester other fee of
  152.47
• Benefit for partial support working 10 hrs/week
• Receive up to 5000/ Fall Spring Semesters
• Non-resident tuition waiver ( 4531.41/ 9 credit
  hours)
• Students pay 2337.57/semester other fee of
  152.47
• Note The current Tuition rate is 6868.98/9
  credit hours or 763.22 /credit hour for
  international graduate student.

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Graduate Assistantship B) Faculty Development
Program

• This program has specially been designed to
  support active engineering faculty, including
  Thai Government officials and Corporate s
  employees to obtain an advanced Ph.D. degree in
  the College of Engineering Computing at FIU
• Admission Requirement
• Satisfy all graduate admission requirements/intere
  sted area of study
• The sponsoring institution is required to sign a
  contact with FIU detailing the academic,
  administrative and financial responsibilities of
  both institutions.
• Financial Support
• Award amount is approximately 31,934/calendar
  year. This amount includes a stipend of
  15,000/year to defray living expense in Miami
  and the cost of 24 credits hours per year at the
  current tuition rates

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Details of Faculty Development Program

• Student Responsibilities Requirements
• Engage in classroom lectures teaching of one
  course/semester
• Required to complete the required course work and
  pass the qualifying examination within 2 to 3
  semesters at FIU
• Complete 60 credit beyond masters degree to earn
  Ph.D.
• Of those 60 credits, 30 credits are for course
  work and another 30 credits are for dissertation
• 6 credits of course work may be transferred from
  Thailand
• Select a research topic and a dissertation
  advisor and then
• Return to Thailand to pursue their dissertation
  research.
• FIU will pay for the air travel of FIU s
  dissertation advisor to visit the participated
  Thai University prior to the dissertation
  research and once a year thereafter.
• Dissertation committee may be selected from the
  participated Thai University, if qualified.

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Graduate Engineering Tuition Scholarship
(G.E.T.S.)

• Eligibility Criteria
• Be an International students or out of state
  students only
• Admitted into a full time graduate program
• GPA gt 3.2 on 4.0 scale
• Award Amount
• For GPA gt3.8 will receive a tuition scholarship
  of 400/ credit.
• For 3.5 lt GPA gt 3.79 will receive a tuition
  scholarship of 275/ credit.
• For 3.2 lt GPA gt 3.49 will receive a tuition
  scholarship of 150/ credit.
• Any International Students can apply in advance
  for this Scholarship. The application form is
  available on line at
• www.eng.fiu.edu/html2003/scholarships/GETS_Applica
  tion_20062007.pdf

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Presidential Fellowships

• Award to exceptional new entering full time Ph.D.
  students
• Very Competitive
• Students have to be Nominated by the School or
  Department
• Amount granted 20,000/year and continue for 3
  years
• Full Tuition waiver
• Be responsible for an assigned academic task of
  20 hours/week
• Recipients will be subject to an annual review
  of academic and scholarly progress.
• Requirement
• GRE scores (verbal and quantitative) gt 1300 or
• GMAT scoresgt 640
• Enroll full time

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Graduate AssistantshipsC) Presidential Enhanced
Assistantships

• Awarded to exceptional new entering full time
  Ph.D. students
• Very Competitive
• Students have to be Nominated by the school or
  department
• Amount granted 5000 to 10,000/semester and
  continue for 4 years
• Full Tuition waiver
• Be responsible for an assigned academic task of
  20 hours/week
• Recipients will be subject to an annual review
  of academic and scholarly progress
• Requirement
• GRE scores (verbal and quantitative) gt 1300 or
• GMAT scoresgt 640
• Enroll full time

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Other Financial Aids

• Additionally, there are several other Financial
  Aids available at FIU such as
• Dissertation Year Fellowships which provide a
  stipend of 20,000/12 month.
• University-Wide Graduate Scholarships. The award
  amount is ranging from 1000 - 25,000. Minimum
  GPA required 3.5 and demonstrate financial
  need.
• Charles Perry Graduate Scholarship (10,000)
• General Scholarship (8,000)
• Adolfo Henriques Scholarship (4,000)
• Next Generation Scholarship (1575)
• New Donor Matching Scholarship ( 10,000)
• Etc.
• Details of any interested Financial Aid may be
  provided upon request or may be seen at
  http//www.fiu.edu

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Special Program for Undergraduate StudentsDual
Degree Program

• Students will earn 2 Bachelor Degrees, from FIU
  and Participated Institutions in Thailand
• Agreement between FIU and Participated
  Institutions has to be initiated
• Required TOEFL Scores gt 500
• Full time enrollment is required.
• Students pay Tuition at the discounted rate of
  400/credit hour
• The current full tuition rate is 517.60/ credit
  hour.
• Students may transfer up to 90 credit hours (only
  C or better) to FIU.
• Typically, the total credit hours required to
  complete the Bachelor Degree is 128 credits
• International students may spend approximately 3
  semesters to complete this Dual Degree Program.
  (complete 38 credits hours at FIU)
• The maximum credit hours allowed to take/semester
  is 15 credits
• Syllabus in English of all transferable courses
  to FIU have to be provided by the home
  institutions once a year.

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Contact Information

• More Details of Financial Aid Programs may
  be found at http//www.fiu.edu
• Contact Information for the College of
  Engineering and Computing
• Mailing address FIU College of Engineering and
  Computing
• 10555 West Flagler Street
• Executive Deans Office
• EC 2460
• Miami, Florida 33174
• Graduate Affairs Coordinator Amy Diaz
  
  Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email diazam_at_fiu.edu
• Admissions Counselor Elizabeth
  Rodriguez Phone [phone],
  305-348-1890
• Fax [phone] Email
  erodrig_at_fiu.edu
• Personal Contact Dr. Khokiat Kengskool
• College of Engineering and Computing s
  Representative
• Email kengskool_at_fiu.edu

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Short Tour Around Campus
Ziff Education Building
Green Library
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Short Tour Around Campus
Graham Center
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Short Tour Around Campus
Primera Casa
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Short Tour Around Campus
Ryder College of Business
Wertheim Center for the Performing Arts
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Short Tour Around Campus
Student Housing
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Short Tour Around Campus
Recreation Center
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Short Tour Around Campus
Engineering College