 Florida Atlantic University ( also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic ) is a public university located in Boca Raton , Florida , with five satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach , Davie , Fort Lauderdale , Jupiter , and in Fort Pierce at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution . FAU belongs to the 12 @-@ campus State University System of Florida and serves South Florida , which has a population of more than five million people and spans more than 100 miles ( 160 km ) of coastline . Florida Atlantic University is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity . The university offers more than 180 undergraduate and graduate degree programs within its 10 colleges in addition to a professional degree from the College of Medicine . Programs of study cover arts and humanities , the sciences , medicine , nursing , accounting , business , education , public administration , social work , architecture , engineering , and computer science . 
 Florida Atlantic University ( also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic ) <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a public university located in Boca Raton , Florida , with five satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach , Davie , Fort Lauderdale , Jupiter , and in Fort Pierce at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution . FAU <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>belongs</mark></a> to the 12 @-@ campus State University System of Florida and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>serves</mark></a> South Florida , which <a href='got' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> a population of more than five million people and spans more than 100 miles ( 160 km ) of coastline . Florida Atlantic University is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity . The university <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>offers</mark></a> more than 180 undergraduate and graduate degree programs within its 10 colleges in addition to a professional degree from the College of Medicine . Programs of study cover arts and humanities , the sciences , medicine , nursing , accounting , business , education , public administration , social work , architecture , engineering , and computer science . 
Florida Atlantic University ( also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic ) a public university located in Boca Raton , Florida , wid five satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach , Davie , Fort Lauderdale , Jupiter , and in Fort Pierce at da Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution . FAU belong to the 12 @-@ campus State University System of Florida and serve South Florida , which got a population of more than five million dudes and spans more than 100 miles ( 160 km ) of coastline . Florida Atlantic University is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity . The university offer more than 180 undergraduate and graduate degree programs within its 10 colleges in addition to a professional degree from tdaCollege of Medicine . Programs of study cover arts and humanities , thdaciences , medicine , nursing , accounting , bizness , education , public administration , social work , architecture , engineering , and computer science .