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Universities and research

University of Central Florida

The Orlando university founded to supply the space program with engineers, and a charter member of the consortium designated in 2024 [UCFCON][UFCON][NASACON].

Entity type
university
Kind
organization
Lane
Universities and research
Place
Orlando, Orange County
Hub region
Orlando
Founding year
1963
Florida space year and timeline placement
1996 · 1996: Florida Space Institute hosted at University of Central Florida (1996 onward)
Role
charter consortium member
Status as of the cutoff
Operating. Charter member of the state research consortium.
Entity status
operating
Project status
not applicable
Evidence class
publicly verified operating
Confidence
High · an official source that documents the node’s specific Florida claim
Degree
2
Betweenness
0.0192 on the full graph · 0.0000 on the industrial relations subgraph
Sources
[UCFCON] [UFCON] [NASACON]

Connections

Research, education and workforce