Life in Miami and Southern Florida
With its modern office towers, gleaming rapid-transit rails, luxury hotels, and busy air and seaports, Miami is a bustling hub for multinational trade, commerce, and culture.
Miami is the city of choice for banking, legal, and accounting professionals and attracts many Fortune 500 companies. More than 1,200 multinational corporations have headquarters or Latin American divisions in Miami. Additionally, 121 banks or banking divisions, 25 foreign trade offices, 64 consulates and 40 binational chambers of commerce are in Miami. The city's reputation for business has grown in recent decades.
Miami By The Numbers
Multinationals
More than 1,200 multinational corporations have headquarters of Latin American divisions in Miami.
Banks
There are more than 120 banks or banking divisions in Miami.
Foreign Trade Offices and Consulates
Miami has nearly 90 foreign trade offices and consulates.
Arts, Culture and Recreation
Outdoors and Spectator Sports
South Florida is paradise for the outdoor enthusiast. UM students enjoy more than 40 golf courses, public parks, paths for biking, running, and walking, miles of white sand beaches, and ocean temperatures that rarely dip below 75 degrees.
The Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat, Florida Marlins, and Florida Panthers play games just minutes from campus. For college sports fans, there is no better school than the University of Miami, with a perennial "Top 5" football team, a baseball team that regularly appears in the College World Series, an outstanding basketball team, and a host of other Division 1 sports.