Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a private research university with its main campus in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in fields such as business, education, law, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, and psychology. NSU is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities ? High research activity" and has been ranked among the top 200 universities in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. The university has a total enrollment of approximately 20,000 students and a faculty of more than 1,200. NSU was founded in 1964 as Nova University of Advanced Technology and merged with Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in 1994 to become Nova Southeastern University.