Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
| Location: | Tallahassee, Florida |
| President: | Dr. James Ammons |
| Founded: | 1887 |
| Information: | 850.599.3796 |
| Web site: | www.famu.edu |
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, founded on October 3, 1887, as the State Normal College for Colored Students, began classes with fifteen students and two instructors. Its destiny - to become an institution of higher learning, striving toward even greater heights of academic excellence. Today, Florida A&M University is one of eleven institutions in Florida's State University System, and excellence - "excellence with caring" - remains its goal.
For more than 100 years, Florida A&M University has served the citizens of the State of Florida and the nation through its provision of preeminent educational programs which were the building blocks of a legacy of academic excellence with caring. With the approaching dawn of the 21st century, FAMU, "Florida's Opportunity University," is committed to meeting the challenges and needs of future generations.
