Program areas at LIU
Instruction, academic support, and institutional support - the University offers both credit and noncredit courses for academic and vocational instruction. The University offers 244 degree and certificate programs to over 17,000 students, and employs 425 full-time faculty over five campuses. Activities in this category also include support services such as libraries, educational media services, academic computing support, and academic administration.
Research and public service - represents activities specifically organized to produce research, whether commissioned by an agency external to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution. This category also includes activities established primarily to provide non-instructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the institution. These activities include community service programs.
Student services and auxiliary enterprises - represents the activities that contribute to students' emotional and physical well-being and intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of the formal instruction program. Activities in this category include expenses for residence halls, student activities, cultural events, student newspapers, intramural athletics, student organizations, intercollegiate athletics, counseling and career guidance, student aid administration and student health service. Approximately 1,600 students reside in the dorms.