The Florida Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Florida Tech or FIT), is a private research university located in Melbourne, Florida, United States.
Florida Tech has five academic divisions with strong emphases on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Within the Florida Tech, the Department of Physics and Space Sciences (PSS) offers students a solid foundation in the physical sciences with the personalized attention of our 15 full-time faculty. Our department was the first in the country to offer a degree in Space Sciences, and we are still among only a handful that offers this degree today. Our graduates obtain employment at NASA, in the private-sector industry, and academia.