Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence

Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence is located in Miami, United States on 11200 SW 8th St. Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence is rated 3 out of 5 in the category higher education in United States. The Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence, formerly a consortium of Florida International University (FIU) and the University of Miami (UM), was established in the Fall of 2001 through the European Commission. The Miami-Florida JMECE is a member of the global network of EU-sponsored Jean Monnet centers created in 1998 to promote knowledge of European integration and the implications thereof for the United States. Additionally, the Center cooperates with the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) to advance academic research in a number of fields concerning the EU. The Miami-Florida JMECE, is administered through the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs (FIU) and continues to cooperate with the Jean Monnet Chair (UM). The mission of the Miami-Florida JMECE, is to promote teaching, research, and outreach activities relating to the EU. To accomplish this mission, the Miami-Florida JMECE, facilitates the development of new courses on the EU, provides for financial assistance to graduate students and faculty pursuing research on topics related to the EU, holds academic conferences on EU matters, sponsors public lectures featuring EU speakers, and conducts outreach workshops for educators, journalists and media professionals, and the greater Miami business community.