Florida Tech's extended studies site in Harford County, Maryland, provides graduate students at Aberdeen Proving Ground and in the surrounding area, opportunities for continuing their education to maintain their professional and technical competence, and to enhance their career development and progression.

Florida Tech programs are available to all who meet admission requirements of the university. Classes meet one night per week for three hours beginning at 5 p.m. The Aberdeen site offers students the choice of 11 different management specialties; ranging from a Professioanl MBA to a Master of Science in Acquisition and Contract Management. (See Degrees Offered)

Aberdeen offers several support resources not usually available in off-campus-type programs. This includes a 16,000 volume, 300 periodical library, which has an active program of interlibrary loans with other libraries throughout the country via the Online Library Center, Inc. (OCLC). This system allows Florida Tech students quick access to the library holdings of the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, University of Delaware, American University and George Washington University, as well as colleges and universities offering graduate degrees in other parts of the country.

Each semester, the librarian places selected books on reserve on special shelves in support of Florida Tech courses offered that semester. Students also have access to APG Education Center Computer Laboratory, and to microcomputer systems in the extended studies site office. Classrooms are equipped with instructional audiovisual equipment. Also, the Aberdeen site is equipped with state-of-the-art telecommunications and data processing equipment, which allows for speedy registration, and improved communications between professor and student.

Programs and courses particularly of interest to Department of Defense military and civilian personnel working at APG. For example, Aberdeen offers Systems Management with a concentration in Operations Research for the employee desiring to enhance his/her applied math abilities.

Credit for specific DoD courses (up to a maximum of 12 semester hours) can be applied toward applicable Florida Tech degrees. For example, students attending the Ordnance Officer Advanced Course can earn up to six semester hours toward a master's degree in management after successfully completing OOAC. Also, students with Florida Tech approval can attend a variety of DoD courses to earn up to 12 semester credit hours toward a master's degree with a contracts or logistics concentration. Prior written approval by the academic unit and the dean of Extended Studies Division is required before graduate credit can be granted.

Florida Tech programs at Aberdeen are approved by the Maryland State Approval Authority to accept veterans' educational benefits for qualified students.