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The Texas Technological
University
The
Texas Technological University is in
Lubbock, Texas. It is a public,
co-educational research institution that was
established on February 10, 1923. It is
formerly known as the Texas Technological
College. The university is the Texas Tech
University System’s leading institution.
It is
home to the 7th largest student body in the
state, and it has the second largest campus
in America. The Texas University is the only
school in the state that has a law school, a
medical school and an undergraduate
institution all on the same campus.
Over 150 degree courses are offered by the
university through 13 colleges. It has 60
research centers and institutions. The Texas
Tech University is considered by the
Carnegie Foundation to have “high research
activity”. Among the most prominent areas of
research in the school are epidemiology,
grid computing, pulsed power, wind energy
and nanophotonics.
Soince 1927, Texas Tech University has
awarded more than 200,000 degrees, and over
40,000 professional and graduate degrees.
Popular author James Michener describes the
Spanish Renaissance campus as “the most
beautiful west of the Mississippi until you
get to Stanford”. The university has been
granted the Grand Award for excellence in
ground-keeping.
The Texas Tech University also boasts of
having one of the ten best public art
collections in the country.