University of Miami

Instruction, academic support, student services:The University of Miami (UM) is a private not-for-profit institution with more than 19,000 students. The University's 12 colleges and schools offer the following degree options: 154 bachelors, 150 masters, and 70 doctoral (65 research/scholarship and 5 professional practice).The School of Architecture, founded in 1983, offers accredited professional undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture and several post-professional graduate degrees. Programs include the professional Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) and the Master of Architecture (M.Arch); the post-professional Master of Science in Architecture (M.S.Arch) with 6 different tracks; the Master of Urban Design (M.U.D); the Master of Construction Management (M.C.M), the Master of Professional Science in Urban Sustainability and Resilience (MPS), and the Master of Real Estate Development and Urbanism (M.R.E.D.U.), an interdisciplinary one-year graduate program that combines the fundamentals of real estate development with livable community planning and design. The Master of Science in Data Science combines the teaching domain-specific and technical skills for analyzing large data sets.The College of Arts and Sciences enrolls over 3,800 undergraduate and 570 graduate students in 21 departments and 14 interdisciplinary programs. Seventeen departments offer graduate degrees in the fine arts, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences.The College of Engineering comprises 6 departments that offer degrees in aerospace, architectural, biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, industrial, materials, chemical, and mechanical engineering. The College of Engineering offers five-year B.S./M.S. degree programs for our undergraduates, as well as traditional master's and doctoral degrees in a number of disciplines, with several specializations in several fields. Consistent with the tradition of collaboration among the University of Miami schools and colleges, engineering students participate in a number of interdisciplinary programs as well as joint research projects with other academic units at UM. Consisting of over 900 undergraduate students and over 330 graduate students, the College boasts an impressively diverse student body, consisting of students from 45 different countries. At the undergraduate level, 29.5% of the student population is Hispanic and 5.6% is Black. Females represent 38.9% of the students (15% higher than the national average, according to the most recent statistics from the American Society for Engineering Education).The School of Law presently enrolls over 1,200 candidates for either J.D., LL.M. or dual degrees, and has over 23,000 living alumni worldwide. The J.D. program enrolls over 990 students from more than 108 undergraduate institutions. Of the entering J.D. students, approximately 58% are women, 54% have been out of undergraduate school one year or more, and 14% are first-generation college students. The students are from 29 states plus DC, PR and 28 countries. 61% speak one or more foreign language. The School offers graduate programs in the areas of International Law, International Arbitration, Maritime Law, Entertainment, Art and Sports, Business, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Environment, Family, Health Care, Human Rights, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Litigation Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Social Justice and Public Interest, Technology Law, Estate Planning, Taxation, and Real Property Development. The School also offers several joint degree programs. The law school offers a J.D./Master's in Music Industry, J.D./M.A. in Live Entertainment Management, J.D/M.A in Communications, and J.D/M.A. in Latin American Studies. In addition, the School offers a J.D./M.B.A., J.D./M.Acc, J.D./M.P.S. in Marine Ecosystems and Society, J.D./M.P.H. in Public Health, J.D./M.D., J.D./M.H.A-Health Administration, J.D./LL.M. in Tax, International Law, Maritime Law, Estate Planning, International Arbitration, or Real Property Development, and Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law, and a J.D./M.B.A./LL.M. in Tax, Real Property Development or Estate Planning. Concentrations are available in social justice and public interest, immigration, asylum and citizenship law, among others. The School has been ranked as one of the "20 Most Innovative Law Schools" by Pre-Law Magazine, and received an "A" in 7 areas of study in 2023. Its alumni are regularly featured in Super Lawyers Magazine. Miami Law was number 8 in numbers of Super Lawyers in 2023.The Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine has grown rapidly in both size and reputation, earning international acclaim for research, clinical care, and biomedical innovations. Over 850 medical students are joined by over 1,000 residents and fellows, over 750 graduate students and around 250 postdoctoral fellows, and we have one of the largest graduate medical education systems in the country. Along with the M.D. degree, the school offers a combined M.D./Ph.D. program, a 4-year and 5-year M.D./M.B.A. program, a 4-year and a 5-year M.D./M.P.H. program and 4-year M.D./M.S. in Genomic Medicine, a 6-year M.D./J.D. program, a M.D./M.S. in Global Medical Sciences, a 4-year M.D./Certificate in Security Management program, multiple scholarly pathways of emphasis, graduate degrees in ten areas, postdoctoral programs, and continuing medical education courses. The Accelerated Pathway to Residency Program offers qualifying students the opportunity to earn an M.D. in only 3 years, and can help students match with a residency program during their third year, getting a head start on practicing medicine.