Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence

The Miami-Florida Jean Monnet 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 JMCE 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 JMCE, 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 JMCE, is to promote teaching, research, and outreach activities relating to the EU. To accomplish this mission, the Miami-Florida JMCE, 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.