The Center for Global Engagement welcomed more than 455 new international students from 66 countries to campus this fall.

FSU’s incoming international students include 195 undergraduate students and 260 graduate students, making FSU’s total population of international students over 2,400 from more than 120 different countries and areas.

As part of FSU’s Global Exchanges, 42 international exchange students from 18 partner institutions in 12 countries arrived to study for either fall semester or the academic year. As part of the exchange programs, 31 FSU students are studying internationally for either this fall semester or the academic year at one of our 40+ partner universities around the world.

Forty-seven of the new undergraduates for fall arrived to FSU’s main campus after completing two years of study at FSU’s Republic of Panama branch campus, which was founded in 1957 and offers over 88 bachelor's degrees. Students at the FSU-Panama campus have the option of participating in the 2+2 program and completing their last two years on the FSU main campus.

In addition, 13 undergraduate students are enrolled in the FSU Special Academic Program (SAP), studying in areas of engineering, communication, finance, and marketing. This non-degree program allows qualified seniors from our partner institutions to complete their senior year at FSU then apply to graduate programs.

Student Highlights

New student Renné Fuganti, a lawyer from Brazil, chose to attend FSU to further his career in business law.

“I chose FSU because I enjoy the law school’s high ranking,” said Fuganti. “I also love the weather here. I am looking forward to exploring my options with business law as a student at FSU.”

Sushmita Khan, a new doctoral student studying information science from Bangladesh, met two other Bangladeshi students: Shaikh Obaidullah, a new doctoral student studying mathematics, and current doctoral student Abdullah Muheel Momit Aurko also studying mathematics.

“The beauty of the FSU campus attracted me to apply to this school, not to mention FSU's diverse community,” said Khan. “When I landed in Tallahassee I was amazed by its natural beauty. I visited about 8 campuses in the U.S., and FSU is the most beautiful campus by its very unique types of trees and its imposing structures–garnet and gold.”