page_title: Nova Southeastern University
section_title: 1980s
hierarchical_section_title: Nova Southeastern University / History / 1980s
caption_attribution_description: English: South Entrance to NSU
context_page_description: Nova Southeastern University is a private university with its main campus in Davie, Florida. The university consists of 18 total colleges, centers, and schools offering over 150 programs of study. The university offers professional degrees in the social sciences, law, business, osteopathic medicine, allopathic medicine, allied health, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, education, occupational therapy, and nursing. As of 2019, 20,793 students were enrolled at Nova Southeastern University enrolled, with a total of 185,000 alumni. With a main campus located on 314 acres in Davie, Florida, NSU operates additional campuses in Dania Beach, North Miami Beach, Tampa Bay, and centers throughout the state of Florida.
  The university was founded as the Nova University of Advanced Technology on a former naval outlying landing field built during World War II, and first offered graduate degrees in the physical and social sciences. In 1994, the university merged with the Southeastern University of the Health Sciences and assumed its current name.
context_section_description: In the early 1980s, the university received a $16 million gift from the Leo Goodwin Sr. Trust.  In 1985, NSU ended its collaboration with New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), and began offering its first online classes.  In 1989, enrollment reached 8,000 students, with nearly 25,000 alumni.
caption: South Entrance of NSU
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