Editing University of Central Florida (section)

==Campuses==

===Main campus===
The University of Central Florida main campus is located along [[Florida State Road 434|Alafaya Trail]] east of [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://map.ucf.edu/ |title=UCF Campus Map |access-date=2020-11-10 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034633/https://map.ucf.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:UCF Memory Mall (30395273585).jpg|thumb|Memory Mall]]

The campus is designed to be pedestrian-oriented, with a series of concentric circles.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} The outermost circle is Gemini Blvd, which is also the main road for vehicular traffic on campus. Inside of Gemini, there is Apollo Circle, Mercury Circle, and finally Pegasus Circle as the innermost circle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fp.ucf.edu/mp2010/PDFs/2-15%20Architectural%20Desgin%20Guidelines%20_Goals,%20Objectives,%20Policies_.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128042834/http://www.fp.ucf.edu/mp2010/PDFs/2-15%20Architectural%20Desgin%20Guidelines%20_Goals%2C%20Objectives%2C%20Policies_.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 28, 2009 |title=2-15 Architectural Design Guidelines Element |access-date=July 29, 2009 |publisher=University of Central Florida |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[File:UCF Student Union (30395278155).jpg|thumb|Student Union]]

Pegasus Circle contains the student union, with the John C. Hitt Library located directly to the south of it. All academic buildings are located inside of Gemini, with the circle divided up into pie-shaped sections for each college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://campusmap.ucf.edu/flash/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206140020/http://campusmap.ucf.edu/flash/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2004 |title=UCF Campus Map |access-date=July 29, 2009 |publisher=University of Central Florida |df=mdy-all }}</ref> As there are very few roads inside of Gemini, many buildings' loading docks are accessible only by sidewalks and thus receive most deliveries at night.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} The University of Central Florida campus is one of only two in the nation with a concentric circle design, the other being the [[University of California, Irvine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gghs.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=350:csuf&catid=42:college-spotlights&Itemid=202 |title=University of California, Irvine |access-date=July 29, 2009 |work=Garden Grove High School |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830011435/http://gghs.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=350:csuf&catid=42:college-spotlights&Itemid=202 |archive-date=August 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''Newsweek'' ranked UCF as having the 20th most beautiful university campus in the country in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/features/college-rankings/2011/most-beautiful.all.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904004739/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/features/college-rankings/2011/most-beautiful.all.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |title=College Rankings 2011: Most Beautiful |access-date=September 13, 2011 |work=Newsweek}}</ref>

[[File:UCF Tower.jpg|thumb|UCF Tower student housing dorms]]

Student housing is provided along the perimeter of the campus. Outside of Gemini, the campus is divided up into different themed sections.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} The northwest side of campus includes Greek communities and on-campus residence.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

[[File:Knights Plaza.jpg|thumb|right|East retail and Tower III at Knights Plaza]]
The north side contains [[Knights Plaza]], an uptown style athletic village with stores and restaurants, the east side contains the [[Arboretum of the University of Central Florida]] and the engineering wing.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

[[File:UCF Gym.jpg|thumb|UCF Recreation and Wellness Center]]

The south side contains student recreation and wellness facilities, leisure pool, recreation park, and more student housing. Also located directly south of the main campus is [[Central Florida Research Park]], which is the seventh largest research park in the nation and the largest in Florida,<ref name="seventhpark">{{cite news |url=https://www.centralfloridafuture.com/military-research-building-started-1.1773456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708133144/https://www.centralfloridafuture.com/military-research-building-started-1.1773456 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |title=Military research building started | access-date=July 28, 2009 |work=[[Central Florida Future]]}}</ref> housing over 116 corporations. The park provides more than 10,000 jobs to over 500 students and thousands of alumni.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfrp.org/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218071030/http://www.cfrp.org/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 18, 2001 |title=Central Florida Research Park – Property Info |access-date=July 28, 2009 |work=Central Florida Research Park |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Reflection Pond (15736953153).jpg|thumb|Reflecting Pond and Millican Hall]]

Main Campus is one of the safest branches nationally in comparison of all branches in the US. The percent of crimes in Main Campus decreased from 0.12% (in 2010) to 0.07% (in 2014) crimes per year.{{Outdated statistic}}<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Central Florida in Orlando: Campus Safety|url=https://search.university/best-colleges/university-of-central-florida-orlando/campus-safety|website=Search.University|access-date=August 18, 2017}}{{dead link|date=October 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Regional campuses===
In addition to the Orlando campus, the University of Central Florida has several other campuses to service the Central Florida region.

[[File:Rosen (15318251024).jpg|thumb|Rosen College of Hospitality]]

In Orlando, there is another campus, located in downtown Orlando: the UCF Health Sciences Campus located at [[Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic Health Sciences Campus |url=https://med.ucf.edu/about/our-locations/health-sciences-campus/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=UCF College of Medicine |language=en-us}}</ref> In addition, the [[Rosen College of Hospitality Management]] is located away from the main campus, in close proximity to the heart of Orlando's tourism industries near [[Universal Destinations & Experiences|Universal Studios]] and [[Disney Parks, Experiences and Products]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Campus & Location |url=https://hospitality.ucf.edu/about-rosen-college/campus-location/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Rosen College of Hospitality Management}}</ref>

==== Downtown Campus ====
In 2019, a {{convert|15|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on|0}} campus was opened in [[Downtown Orlando]] in collaboration with Valencia West. It includes the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons, the Union West, and the [[UCF Center for Emerging Media]] buildings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gargotta |first1=Julie |title=New UCF Downtown Brings New Opportunities for Students |url=https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/08/19/new-ucf-downtown-brings-new-opportunities-for-students |access-date=5 September 2020 |work=www.mynews13.com |date=19 August 2019 |language=en |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923031103/https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/08/19/new-ucf-downtown-brings-new-opportunities-for-students |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona ====
{{Main|Lake Nona Medical City}}
[[File:UcfComLakeNonaJune2010.jpg|thumb|UCF College of Medicine at Lake Nona]]

The {{convert|50|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on|sigfig=1}} UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona includes the [[University of Central Florida College of Medicine|UCF College of Medicine]] and the Burnett Biomedical Sciences Building. The [[Burnham Institute for Medical Research]], a [[VA hospital|Veterans Affairs Medical Center]], [[Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida|Nemours Children's Hospital]], [[M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Institute]], turning the area into a medical city.<ref name="Health Sciences Campus">{{cite web |url=http://med.ucf.edu/about/our-facilities/health-sciences-campus/ |title=UCF College of Medicine : Health Sciences Campus |access-date=April 3, 2012 |publisher=University of Central Florida College of Medicine |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320233900/http://med.ucf.edu/about/our-facilities/health-sciences-campus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://med.ucf.edu/about/our-facilities/clinical-sites/ |title=UCF College of Medicine : Clinical Sites |access-date=April 3, 2012 |publisher=University of Central Florida College of Medicine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320232539/http://med.ucf.edu/about/our-facilities/clinical-sites/ |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="mednews">{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandomedicalnews.com/ready-set-ndash-ucf-med-school-on-go-cms-458 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315062646/http://www.orlandomedicalnews.com/ready-set-ndash-ucf-med-school-on-go-cms-458 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |title=Ready, Set – UCF Med School on Go |date=June 2007 |access-date=November 20, 2010 |work=Orlando Medical News}}</ref> The campus will also serve as the future home of the [[UCF College of Nursing]] and the newly approved [[UCF College of Dental Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.centralfloridafuture.com/news/nursing-students-homesick-till-2011-1.1432539 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708132948/https://www.centralfloridafuture.com/news/nursing-students-homesick-till-2011-1.1432539 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |title=Central Florida Future – Nursing students homesick till 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2009 |work=[[Central Florida Future]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=002400416a60cde7013003bb6e24006f99 |title=Trustees Approve New Dental College |date=May 26, 2011 |access-date=May 27, 2011 |publisher=University of Central Florida |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602173752/http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=002400416a60cde7013003bb6e24006f99 |url-status=live }}</ref> The College of Medicine welcomed its charter class in August 2009.

Upon completion of construction, the campus could accommodate as many as 5,000 upper division, professional, and graduate students and faculty members in the health-related programs, and include up to two million square feet of research and instruction space.<ref name="mednews"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flbog.org/documents_meetings/0024_0061_0414_19.pdf |title=Florida Board of Governors – University of Central Florida |access-date=June 13, 2010 |work=Florida Board of Governors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154919/http://www.flbog.org/documents_meetings/0024_0061_0414_19.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>