Enrollment

• 25% increase in undergraduate CS/IT enrollment, despite a major nationwide decline.
• 106% increase in Ph.D. enrollment.
• Established the school as the largest undergraduate CS/IT program in the State University System of Florida and the 2nd largest program when combining bachelor's, master's and docotral enrollments(2006 State University System of Florida Board of Governors).

Degrees Awarded

• 25% increase in bachelor's and master's degrees awarded
• 200% increase in the number of Ph.D. degrees awarded while significantly improving job placement of Ph.D. graduates.

Graduate Assistantships

• 110% increase in graduate assistants supported, mostly funded by the significant increase in external grants and research funding.

Publications

• Increased the School's overall number of peer-reviewed research publications by 68%
• Tripled the number of research papers in premier journals and conference proceedings

External Research Funding

• 139% increase in annual external research funding, with most grants from premier federal agencies
• $2.2M per year in industry donations and in-kind grants over the last five years

Leadership in Diversity

The School continues to grow as a national leader in educating and graduating minorities, particularly Hispanic students, at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.

• Increased the number of Hispanic computer science Ph.D. students from 3 in 2002 to 26 in Fall 2006, which represents more than 15% of the total enrollment at the 188 research universities surveyed by the Computer Research Association (CRA).

Industry Partnerships

The School established blossoming partnerships with industry through a multitude of collaborations in workforce development, research, and innovation.

• The School co-founded and co-led the Latin American Grid Consortium (latinamericangrid.org) with IBM – an international partnership and living laboratory with 11 universities in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, and Spain for world-class collaboration in research and education.
• Developed an expanding industry internship and co-training program, with more than 30 highly competitive internships from IBM at BS to Ph.D. levels in summer 2006 alone.

SCIS Facts

• Degrees offered: BS in Computer Science, BS/BA in Information Technology, MS/PhD in Computer Science
• 21 Tenure Track faculty members and 8 instructors, representing a 30% increase in tenure-track faculty members since 2001
• 6 research centers and clusters, 25 teaching and research laboratories with first class technology infrastructure occupying more than 20,000 square feet