Florida Institute of Technology
74%
Acceptance rate
$43,246
Tuition/yr
6,500
Enrollment
About Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology is a private research university in Melbourne, Florida, United States.
Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) is a private, not-for-profit research university founded in 1958 and located in Melbourne, Florida, on a 130-acre subtropical campus. It offers more than 200 associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs across four colleges, with a total operating budget of approximately $200 million.
Florida Tech's strongest programs are in aerospace engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and the life sciences. Its Melbourne location places it minutes from NASA Kennedy Space Center, Patrick Space Force Base, and a growing corridor of aerospace employers including SpaceX, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, giving students direct access to internships and recruitment pipelines in these fields.
The university draws students from more than 120 countries and has conferred degrees on more than 70,000 alumni worldwide. US News ranks it among the top 200 national universities and places its undergraduate engineering program in the top 150; Times Higher Education places it in the 1001–1200 band in its 2026 World University Rankings.
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Campus & Location
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Optional Practical Training (OPT)
All graduates from CRICOS-registered programs qualify for 12-month Optional Practical Training (OPT). STEM-designated programs (CS, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Sciences) qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension — 36 months total of US work authorisation.
For Nepali students
- Florida Tech automatically considers every admitted international student for merit scholarships at the time of acceptance, with awards ranging from USD 12,000 per year up to 50% of tuition, meaningfully reducing the sticker price without a separate application, which is valuable for Nepali students managing limited foreign exchange budgets.
- The university's STEM-designated programs in aerospace engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, and data science qualify graduates for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving international students up to three years of US work authorization after graduation to build career experience before needing employer-sponsored visa sponsorship.
- Melbourne's Space Coast job market is one of the fastest-growing aerospace and engineering clusters in the US, with proximity to NASA and SpaceX providing co-op and internship opportunities that are directly relevant for Nepali students in engineering and technology fields looking for practical US work experience during their studies.
- With an acceptance rate of approximately 63%, Florida Tech is moderately competitive, making it a realistic target for Nepali students who meet a 3.0 GPA benchmark and solid SAT/ACT scores, without being as difficult to enter as elite engineering schools.
Admission requirements — Nepali equivalents
A rough translation of the published minimums for Nepali applicants:
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