Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (generally referred to as Embry-Riddle or ERAU) is a private university in the United States specializing in aviation and aerospace engineering. It teaches the science, practice, and business of aviation and aerospace. Called "The Harvard of the Sky" by Time Magazine in 1979, Embry-Riddle has a history dating back to the early days of aviation. Students enroll in one of two residential campuses located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, or in Embry-Riddle Worldwide, composed of over 150 campuses around the world including online learning. Embry-Riddle Worldwide serves working civilians and serving military personnel. According to AMTSociety's Aircraft Maintenance Technology Embry-Riddle has one of the largest and most well-regarded Aerospace Engineering programs in the USA.

Embry-Riddle began in 1925 as the Embry-Riddle Company, an aircraft dealer and airmail provider, founded by Talton Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company was incorporated in 1930 into what is now American Airlines. In Miami, Florida, during the buildup to World War II, Riddle partnered with John G. McKay and his wife Isabel to found the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation, and later, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute, which moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1965 and was renamed Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in 1970. The Prescott, Arizona campus opened in 1978.

Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University offers degrees in aviation, engineering, business, sciences and arts. The university offers undergraduate Bachelor's degrees, graduate Master's degrees, including Master of Science in Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Business Administration in Aviation Management, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Engineering Physics, Human Factors and Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Safety Science, Software Engineering and PhD degrees in Aviation (the first such program in the world), and Engineering Physics. From 2010 Embry-Riddle Worldwide offered the MBA in Aviation Management degree jointly with the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA). Non-degree programs are also offered.