Institute for Simulation & Training - UCF

Founded in 1982, IST is an internationally-recognized interdisciplinary research institute conducting basic and applied research in the art and science of modeling, simulation, and training. We are a community of researchers and scholars fostering leading-edge, human-centered interdisciplinary research in emergent technologies. We are educators producing the next generation of leaders. We are partners and collaborators coming together with other forward-thinking organizations ready to take on the world’s toughest challenges. Our focus on simulation touches virtually every industry sector, and that connection provides boundless opportunity for our students, faculty/staff and partners.