Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University is a fully accredited education institute that specializes in aviation and aerospace. It is a nonprofit, independent institution that offers a wide range of baccalaureates, master’s, and PhD degree programs in its colleges of arts and sciences, aviation, business, engineering, and security and intelligence. It is a research center that seeks solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities, and government agencies. Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1926.