Knowledge for the greater goodWe have taken to heart the revolutionary spirit that founded our university and encourage each other to pursue unpredicted lines of thinking in order to effect change on local and international scales.Public Engagement Diversity Sustainability Destin LeadershipOur ProfileNestled in Destin, a coastal city on Florida’s renowned Emerald Coast within the Florida Panhandle, Destin University is an independent private comprehensive higher education institution rooted deeply in the maritime heritage, multicultural tourism economy and entrepreneurial spirit of Northwest Florida. Known globally as “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village”, Destin evolved from a small fishing settlement founded by Captain Leonard Destin in the 1850s into an iconic international travel, hospitality and cross-border trade hub, laying a unique cultural and industrial foundation for the university’s interdisciplinary, practice-oriented academic philosophy .Founded to serve the evolving tal...