University Park, Florida
| University Park, Florida | |
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| CDP | |
 Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida |
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 U.S. Census Bureau map showing CDP boundaries |
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| Coordinates: 25°44′43″N 80°21′58″W / 25.74528°N 80.36611°WCoordinates: 25°44′43″N 80°21′58″W / 25.74528°N 80.36611°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Florida
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| County | Miami-Dade |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.1 sq mi (10.6 km2) |
| • Land | 4.1 sq mi (10.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 26,538 |
| • Density | 6,472.7/sq mi (2,503.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 12-73287 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1853297 |
University Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,995 at the 2010 census.
University Park was the name of the main campus of Florida International University (now called the Modesto A. Maidique Campus), located in the area. The campus encompasses 344 acres (1.39 km2). Florida International University was built from around 1965 onwards, with the destruction of Tamiami Airport. At the time, very little was located around FIU, and the campus was referred to as University Park. As Miami grew west, the area came to be known as University Park after the university's campus name.
Today, University Park houses all of the campus's colleges and schools as well as all the administrative offices and main university facilities. University Park is also home to Reagan House (formally known as University House), the home of FIU's president, the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, the Frost Art Museum, the International Hurricane Research Center, and the university's athletic facilities such as FIU Stadium, FIU Baseball Stadium, and FIU Arena.
Until the early-1990s, aerial pictures of the campus clearly revealed the features of the airport that used to occupy the land until 1969. Construction has obliterated all of these features, and only the University Tower remains as memory of the university's past. Today, University Park is home to about 87% of the student population and 94% of housing students. University Park is a lush, heavily vegetated campus, with many lakes and nature preserves, as well as an arboretum and has 92 buildings. Current construction at University Park includes an independent art museum for the Frost Art Museum, a Graduate Business School Complex, a Molecular Biology Building, a Student Services Building, a Social Sciences Building, a Medical School Complex, and an expansion to FIU Stadium for a seating capacity of 45,000.
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