 The dean of the college is Michael Georgiopoulos, Ph.D.

UCF is listed as a university with "very high research activity" by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.With an enrollment of over 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students as of Fall 2012, the college is one of the premier engineering schools in the United States.The college is recognized by "U.S. News & World Report" as one of the nation's best Engineering schools, and as one of the world's best in the ARWU rankings.