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Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:17

University of Central Florida (UCF)

The University of Central Florida, UCF, is a public research university located in the USA, in Orlando, Florida. 

The University of Central Florida opened in 1968 as Florida Technological University, with the goal of providing highly-trained personnel to support the Kennedy Space Center. the university's academic scope had expanded to encompass other disciplines, "Florida Tech" was renamed the University of Central Florida in 1978.

UCF is a space-grant university and has made noted research contributions in several scientific fields.

UCF has a satellite campus at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.

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