Working together to design a better future!

What is “The Hub”?

FSU’s Innovation Hub, also known as “The Hub,” is a unique collaborative workspace that provides students with opportunities to explore their creative, innovative nature through course work, co-curricular activities, and tools for innovation. We also support faculty in teaching and research by providing resources, expertise, and a community focused on the future of education. We are open to everyone with an FSU ID and offer special outreach events for our local community.

The Hub is not an academic unit within the university, but offers a wide range of co-curricular resources, and offers courses and academic credentials through partnership with academic units.

Discover what YOU can do at the FSU Innovation Hub!

Our Mission

Advancing education and research by bringing together faculty and students across disciplines to confront the vexing, complex, and wicked challenges of our day using creativity, design thinking, and emerging technologies.

Our Beliefs & Values

This we believe:

  • Innovation lies at the intersection of disciplines

  • Today’s complex problems will not be solved by individuals working in isolation

  • There is value in diversity of perspective and opinion

  • There is no such thing as a bad idea - we can build on each other’s ideas

  • We learn through trial and error, progressing forward together

  • We welcome and respect all you have to offer.

Our Focus

Innovation Hub Resources at a Glance

  • Collaborative Workspace

    Rooms of all sizes available to reserve with displays, whiteboards, sticky notes and markers.

  • Hangout Space

    Study, play VR games or chess, meet-up with friends or make new friends! The Hub is a great place to pass the time between classes.

  • Digital Fablab

    3D Print, Laser Cut, Vinyl Cut, electronics workstation, and and more to bring your digital design into the physical world.

  • Rubini Design Lab

    Our New and Immersive Media Design Lab supports all kinds of digital design in 3D and 2D for VR, Games, and more.

  • Innovation Courses

    Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, Emerging Tech and more. Combine courses for a MINOR in INNOVATION!

  • Workshops and Events

    Seminole innovators Lunch Hours, Tech Workshops, Faculty Innovator Coffee Chats, Showcases, Ideathons, and many more!

  • Faculty Support and Activities

    From supplementing your classes with Innovative activities to socializing and learning at our Faculty Coffee Chats the Hub can help keep you connected and moving forward.

  • Interdisciplinary Design

    The Hub supports design across disciplines. Utilizing Design Thinking, we can confront a wide range of design challenges whether they be related to products, services, social issues, environmental, systemic, or other.