诺瓦东南大学是一所四年制私立大学，成立于1964年。位于美国佛罗里达州Fort Lauderdale城，占地300英亩，拥有超过23，000的在校学生，是佛罗里达州最大的独立的高校机构，是全美排名第10的独立的高校机构。该校提供大范围的学科教育，《美国新闻与世界报道》新列为四级国家级大学，学术声誉全美排第220名，虽然差不多是榜尾大学，但毕竟还是“全美229大学”之一。劳德尔堡城位于佛罗里达东南部，正好落在迈阿密Miami和棕榈海滩(Palm Beach)之间，拥有将近167，000人口的劳德尔堡是布洛瓦
Nova Southeastern University， commonly referred to as NSU or Nova， is a private， coeducational， nonsectarian， research university located in Broward County， Florida， with its“ main campus in the town of Davie. The university is the largest independent institution of higher education in the southeastern United States and is the sixth-largest not-for-profit independent university nationwide. NSU operates three campuses in Southern Florida， the largest being a 480 acres (1.9 km2) campus located approximately 26 miles (41.84 km) north of downtown Miami.
The university was founded as the Nova University of Advanced Technology on a former naval training airfield offering graduate degrees in the physical and social sciences. Leo Goodwin， Sr. left a $16 million bequest to the university in 1971 which funded its expansion throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 1994， the university merged with the Southeastern University of the Health Sciences and assumed its current name.
NSU currently consists of 18 colleges and schools offering over 175 programs of study with more than 250 majors. The university offers professional degrees in law， business， osteopathic medicine， pharmacy， dentistry， optometry， and nursing. Nova Southeastern enrolled 28，796 students in the 2008-2009 academic year and has produced over 110，000 alumni.
In 2008， the middle 50% of sat scores submitted by the incoming freshman class was between 1010 and 1210 on the traditional SAT scale. With the addition of the writing section on the new SAT， the middle 50% of scores was between 1400 and 1700. The freshmen acceptance rate for the first 2008 semester was 45%， continually dropping each year since 2005. The 2005 admission percentage was 54%. For the fall of 2008 14，627 prospective freshmen applied and 6，875 were accepted. Out of the 59 colleges and universities in Florida Nova Southeastern‘s 45% acceptance rate makes NSU the fourth-most selective private university in the state and the sixth-most selective university in Florida overall.
NSU is classified as a Research University by the Carnegie Foundation， and is a first-tier research university as designated by the Florida Legislature.The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[9] and also has numerous additional specialized accreditations for its colleges and programs.
NSU enjoys a world rank of 627 among the top 6000 universities in the world by the prestigious Webometrics Ranking of World Universities in July， 2009.
The NSU Sharks compete in the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference in seventeen intercollegiate athletic programs.
School Type
Independent， Coed
Setting
Suburban 300-acre campus
Degrees Offered
Associate， Bachelor’s， Master‘s， Doctoral， First Professional， Post-Master’s， and First Professional Certificates
Comprehensive Costs
$29，460 includes full-time tuition ($20，550)， mandatory fees ($550)， and room and board ($8360). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and program. Part-time tuition： $680 per credit hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time， course load， and program
(Cost includes full-time tuition plus additional fees such as room and board and mandatory fees)
Entrance Difficulty
Moderately difficult ， 45% of applicants were admitted
Application Deadlines
Rolling (freshmen)， rolling (out-of-state freshmen)， rolling (transfers)
Admissions
Freshman
Admission： 3，455 applied； 1，545 admitted； 476 enrolled Average high school GPA： 3.53
Test Scores
SAT critical reading scores over 500 52%
SAT math scores over 500 53%
SAT writing scores over 500 46%
ACT scores over 18 92%
SAT critical reading scores over 600 10%
SAT math scores over 600 16%
SAT writing scores over 600 8%
ACT scores over 24 26%
SAT critical reading scores over 700 1%
SAT math scores over 700 1%
ACT scores over 30 2%
Applying
Options： electronic application， deferred entrance
Application fee： $50
Required： high school transcript
Required for some： essay or personal statement， 3 letters of recommendation， interview
Recommended： minimum 2.6 GPA
Application deadline： rolling (freshmen)， rolling (out-of-state freshmen)， rolling (transfers)
Notification： continuous (freshmen)， continuous (out-of-state freshmen)， continuous (transfers)
Cost and Financial Aid
Costs (2009-10)
Comprehensive Costs： $29，460 includes full-time tuition ($20，550)， mandatory fees ($550)， and room and board ($8360). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and program. Part-time tuition： $680 per credit hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time， course load， and program
Room and board： Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility
Payment plans： Installment， deferred payment
Waivers： Employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2008， 3，115 applied for aid， 2，762 were judged to have need， 122 had their need fully met. 357 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $2554). 466 state and other part-time jobs (averaging $2196)
In 2008， 467 non-need-based awards were made
Average percent of need met： 54%
Average financial aid package： $19，160
Average need-based loan： $7131
Average need-based gift aid： $5027
Average non-need-based aid： $4022
Average indebtedness upon graduation： $35，789
Student Body
Undergraduate Student Population
5，757 undergraduate students， 73% women， 27% men， 13% transferred in， 26% African American， 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander， 27% Hispanic American， 0.4% Native American
International Population
4%
Housing Info
9% live on campus
Campus Life
Housing： On-campus residence required through sophomore year
Options： Coed， disabled students， Campus housing is university owned. Freshman campus housing is guaranteed
Activities： Drama/theater group， student-run newspaper， radio station， choral group， Pre-Pharmacy Society， Pre-Med Society， Kappa Sigma， Delta Phi Epsilon， PASA， national fraternities， national sororities
Most popular organizations： Pre-Pharmacy Society， Pre-Med Society， Kappa Sigma， Delta Phi Epsilon， PASA
Campus security： 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols， late-night transport/escort service， controlled dormitory access， shuttle bus service
Student services： Health clinic， personal/psychological counseling， women‘s center
Academic Programs
Special study options： Academic remediation for entering students， adult/continuing education programs， advanced placement credit， distance learning， double majors， honors programs， independent study， internships， off-campus study， part-time degree program， services for LD students， study abroad， summer session for credit
Unusual degree programs： 3-2 business administration； marine biology， occupational therapy， criminal justice， psychology， mental health counseling， speech language pathology， computer science， education， physical therapy.
School Calendar： Trimesters
Faculty
Total： 1，701
Full-time： 40% full-time
Student/faculty ratio： 23：1
Athletics
Member： NCAA， Division： All Division II
Scholarship sports
Baseball (m)， basketball， crew (w)， cross-country running， golf， soccer， softball (w)， volleyball (w)
Nonscholarship sports
Cheerleading (w)， tennis (w)
Intramural sports
Basketball M/W， cross-country running M/W， football M， golf M/W， racquetball M/W， soccer M/W， softball M/W， tennis W
Intercollegiate sports
Baseball M(s)， basketball M(s)/W(s)， cheerleading W， crew W(s)， cross-country running M(s)/W(s)， golf M(s)/W(s)， soccer M(s)/W(s)， softball W(s)， tennis W， volleyball W(s)
School Facilities
Facilities/Endowment
Main Library Name： Alvin Sherman Library， Research， and Information Technology Center
Other Library： 4
Collection： 725，000 titles； 22，295 serial subscriptions； 23，738 audiovisual materials
Endowment： $47.6 million
Contact Info
Ms. Maria Dillard， Director of Enrollment Management
Nova Southeastern University
Enrollment Processing Services， 3301 College Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale， FL 33329-9905
Phone： 954-262-8000
Toll-free： 800-541-NOVA
Fax： 954-262-3811
Non US Students
Enrollment
For fall 2008： 166 international students applied， 84 were accepted， 37 enrolled. Students can start in fall or winter.
Tests
Required： TOEFL (minimum score： iBT 79； paper-based 550). TOEFL can be waived under certain conditions.
Application Deadline
Rolling. Transfers accepted from institutions abroad.
Financial Aid
Non-need financial aid available. For fall 2008 (estimated)， 29 international students on campus received college administered financial aid ($5240 average).
Housing
Guaranteed， also available during summer.
Services
International student adviser on campus. Full-time ESL program on campus. ESL program available during the academic year and the summer. Internships and employment opportunities (on-campus) available.
优势专业
经济学 法学
课程设置
本科学院、研究生院、骨科医学院、药学院、眼科学院、应用健康和护理学院、医学院、牙科学院、法学院、海洋生物和海洋学院、商学院、计算机和信息科学院、人文科学院、冲突化解学院、家庭治疗学院、多学科研究学习学院、教育学院、心理和咨询学院
申请条件
高中毕业，成绩优秀，要求托福，GPA，SAT成绩；研究生：大学本科毕业，成绩优秀，要求托福，GRE，GPA，gmat成绩，个别专业要求工作经验
