Editing Texas A&M University System

{{Short description|State university system in Texas}}
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{{Infobox university
| name            = The Texas A&M University System
| image_name      = Texas A&M University System seal.svg
| image_upright   = .7
| established     = 1948<ref name="TAMU_System">"[https://www.tamus.edu/about/faq/ Frequently Asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220083157/https://www.tamus.edu/about/faq/ |date=December 20, 2016 }}". ''The Texas A&M University System''.</ref>
| type            = [[State university system]]
| city            = [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]
| state           = [[Texas]]
| country         = United States
| endowment       = $20.38 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| staff           = 
| faculty         = 
| chancellor      = [[John Sharp (Texas politician)|John Sharp]]
| vice_chancellor = 
| students        = 157,000<ref name="Texas A 2014">"Texas A&M University Enrollment Profile: Fall 2014" (PDF). Texas A&M University. pp. i. Retrieved October 25, 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tamus.edu/about/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/ |title=Total Enrollment TAMUS |access-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035839/https://www.tamus.edu/about/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/ |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| website         = {{url|https://tamus.edu}}
| logo            = Texas A&M University System wordmark.svg
| logo_upright    = 1.0
}}

'''The Texas A&M University System''' is a [[state university system]] in [[Texas]] and is one of the state's seven independent university systems.

The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the United States, with a budget of $6.3 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, 8 state agencies, and the [[Campus of Texas A&M University#RELLIS Campus|RELLIS Campus]], the Texas A&M System educates more than 153,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceeded $996 million in FY 2017 and helped drive the state's economy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/about/|title=About|website=The Texas A&M University System|language=en-US|access-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref>

The system's flagship institution is [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas]]. The letters "A&M" (originally A.M.C. for "agricultural and mechanical college") are retained to honor the university's former designation.<ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF TEXAS A&M |url=https://www.tamu.edu/about/history.html#:~:text=voluntary%20in%201965.-,College%20Renamed%20Texas%20A%26M%20University,for%20%22Agricultural%20and%20Mechanical.%22 |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref>

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    | label = [[Tarleton State|Tarleton]]
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    | label = [[Texas A&M International University|TAMIU]]
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    | label = [[Prairie View A&M University|PVAMU]]
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    | label = [[Texas A&M Galveston|TAMUG]]
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    | label = [[University of Houston-Victoria|TAMU-V]]
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    | label = [[Texas A&M|HECM]]
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==Component institutions==
The founding member of the A&M System is Texas A&M University, established in 1876. Prairie View A&M, also established in 1876, is an [[HBCU]]. The A&M System, like all schools in Texas, was racially segregated by state law from its founding until the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Caitlin |date=2023-02-06 |title=Celebrating Black History And Achievements At Texas A&M |url=https://today.tamu.edu/2023/02/06/celebrating-black-history-and-achievements-at-texas-am/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Texas A&M Today |language=en-US}}</ref> Many of the member universities and agencies joined the A&M System decades after being established. The institution now named The [[University of Texas at Arlington]] was a member from 1917 to 1965.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uta.edu/science/news/2010/05-03-howard-payne-educator-helped-shape-uta.php|title=Howard Payne educator helped shape UTA's destiny|work=uta.edu|author=College of Science|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! University
! Location{{efn|group=TXAM|name=location|All locations are within the State of Texas.}}<br />(population)
! Statistical<br />area<br />(population)
! Founded
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie Classification]]
! Enrollment
! President
! Joined<br />TAMU<br />System
! Nickname
! Athletic<br />conference
|-
| [[File:TAMUcampus.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University]]<br />(flagship)<ref name="Texas A 2014"/>
| [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]<br />(93,857)
| [[College Station-Bryan metropolitan area|College Station-Bryan]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro|Metropolitan area.}}<br />(255,519)
| 1876
| [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Research]] (R1)
| 79,114<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| [[Mark Welsh]]
| 1876
| [[Texas A&M Aggies|Aggies]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]<br />(NCAA D-I FBS)
|-
| [[File:TAMUC Campus.PNG|120px]]<br />[[East Texas A&M University]]
| [[Commerce, Texas|Commerce]]<br />(8,078)
| [[Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(6,426,214)
| 1889
| [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Professional]]
| 11,500<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Mark J. Rudin
| 1996
| [[East Texas A&M Lions|Lions]]
| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]<br />(NCAA D-I FCS)
|-
| [[File:WelcomePV.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Prairie View A&M University]]<br />([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])
| [[Prairie View, Texas|Prairie View]]<br />(5,576)
| [[Greater Houston]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(6,490,180)
| 1876
| [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Research]] (R2)
| 9,415<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Tomikia P. LeGrande 
| 1876
| [[Prairie View A&M Panthers|Panthers]]
| [[Southwestern Athletic Conference|SWAC]]<br />(NCAA D-I FCS)
|-
| [[File:Entrance to Tarleton State University Picture 2230.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Tarleton State University]]
| [[Stephenville, Texas|Stephenville]]<br />(17,123)
| [[Stephenville, Texas|Stephenville]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=micro|Micropolitan area.}}<br />(37,890)
| 1899
| [[Masters university|Master's]]
| 14,513<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| James Hurley
| 1917
| [[Tarleton State Texans|Texans]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=Tarleton|Tarleton State's women's athletic sports programs were the "TexAnns" until after the 2018–19 school year.}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]<br />(NCAA D-I FCS)
|-
| [[File:TAMUCC island.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi]]
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]<br />(305,329)
| [[Corpus Christi metropolitan area|Corpus Christi]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(428,185)
| 1947
| [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Research]] (R2)
| 10,855<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| [[Kelly M. Miller]]
| 1989
| [[Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders|Islanders]] 
| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]<br />(NCAA D-I){{efn|group=TXAM|name=nfb|Non-football school.}}
|-
| [[File:TAMU SA old.JPG|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University-San Antonio]]
| [[San Antonio]]<br />(1,327,556)
| [[Greater San Antonio]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(2,142,508)
| 2009
| [[Masters university|Master's]]
| 7,511<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Salvador Hector Ochoa
| 2009
| [[Texas A&M-San Antonio Jaguars|Jaguars]]
| [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]]<br />([[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]){{efn|group=TXAM|name=nfb}}
|-
| [[File:Pharmacy and Business buildings, Texas A&M University-Kingsville - 20060129.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University-Kingsville]]
| [[Kingsville, Texas|Kingsville]]<br />(26,213)
| [[Kingsville, Texas micropolitan area|Kingsville]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=micro}}<br />(32,511)
| 1925
| [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Research]] (R2)
| 6,553<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Robert Vela 
| 1989
| [[Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas|Javelinas]]
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star]]<br />(NCAA D-II)
|-
| [[File:TAMIU Entrance.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M International University]]
| [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]]<br />(236,191)
| [[Laredo metropolitan area|Laredo]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(250,304)<br />[[Laredo-Nuevo Laredo]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(636,516)
| 1969
| [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Professional]]
| 8,256<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Pablo Arenas
| 1989
| [[Texas A&M International Dustdevils|Dustdevils]]
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star]]<br />(NCAA D-II){{efn|group=TXAM|name=nfb}}
|-
| [[File:Canyon Texas - WTAMU - Old Main Building.jpg|120px]]<br />[[West Texas A&M University]]
| [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]]<br />(13,303)
| [[Amarillo metropolitan area|Amarillo]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(249,881)
| 1910
| [[Masters university|Master's]]
| 9,029<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Walter Wendler
| 1990
| [[West Texas A&M Buffaloes|Buffaloes]]
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star]]<br />(NCAA D-II)
|-
| [[File:TAMUCT Founder's Hall.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University-Central Texas]]
| [[Killeen, Texas|Killeen]]<br />(127,921)
| [[Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood metropolitan area|Killeen - Temple - Fort Hood]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(405,300)
| 1999
| [[Masters university|Master's]]
| 2,215<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Marc Nigliazzo
| 2000
| Warriors<br />(no athletics)
| n/a
|-
| [[File:Texas A&M University - Texarkana Academic and Student Services Building.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University-Texarkana]]
| [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]]<br />(36,411)
| [[Texarkana metropolitan area|Texarkana]]{{efn|group=TXAM|name=metro}}<br />(143,486)
| 1971
| [[Masters university|Master's]]
| 2,056<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamus.edu/system/total-texas-am-university-system-enrollment/|title=Total Texas A&M University System Enrollment|date=Fall 2023}}</ref>
| Ross Alexander
| 1996
| [[Texas A&M-Texarkana Eagles|Eagles]]
| [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]]<br />(NAIA){{efn|group=TXAM|name=nfb}}
|-
|}

{{notelist|group=TXAM}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! University
! Location{{efn|group=UHV|name=location|Located in the State of Texas.}}<br />(population)
! Statistical<br />area<br />(population)
! Founded
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie Classification]]
! Enrollment
! President
! Joined<br />TAMU<br />System
! Nickname
! Athletic<br />conference
|-
| [[File:UHVictoria.jpg|120px]]<br />[[University of Houston–Victoria]]<br />(pending TAMU system admission){{efn|group=UHV|name=uhv|UHV is in the process of being admitted to the Texas A&M University System.}}
| [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]]<br />(65,534)
| [[Victoria, Texas metropolitan area|Victoria]]{{efn|group=UHV|name=metro|Metropolitan area.}}<br />(91,520)
| 1973
| [[Masters university|Master's]]
| 3,731<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uhv.edu/oir/enrollment-data/|title=University of Houston–Victoria Fall 2023 Enrollment Data}}</ref>
| Chance W. Glenn Sr.
| Pending
| [[University of Houston–Victoria Jaguars|Jaguars]]
| [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]](NAIA)
|}
{{efn|group=UHV|name=uhv|UHV is in the process of being admitted to the Texas A&M University System.}}
{{notelist|group=UHV}}


==Agencies==
With a direct presence in all 254 Texas counties, A&M System agencies offer research and service to the state's citizens. The agencies focus on addressing and improving the social, economic, educational, health and environmental conditions of Texans.
* [[Texas A&M AgriLife Research]]
* [[Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service]]
* [[Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station|Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)]]
* [[Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service|Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)]]
* [[Texas A&M Forest Service]] 
* [[Texas A&M Transportation Institute]]
* [[Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory|Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory]]
* [[Texas Division of Emergency Management|Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)]]

TDEM is the only state agency under the Texas A&M System not to bear the "Texas A&M" name as it is the most recent to be added to the system,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tdem.texas.gov/|title=Texas Division of Emergency Management|website=tdem.texas.gov|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> transferred from the [[Texas Department of Public Safety]] to TAMUS in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 30, 2019|title=Thanks To Legislators, Texas A&M System Has Record Session: $157M in new money plus addition of another state agency approved.|url=https://today.tamu.edu/2019/05/30/thanks-to-legislators-texas-am-system-has-record-session/}}</ref>

==Texas A&M Health==
{{main|Texas A&M Health}}
[[File:TAMHSC CollegeofPharmacy.jpg|thumb|Texas A&M University [[Irma Lerma Rangel]] College of Pharmacy in Kingsville]]
Established in 1999, as the Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M Health is the medical education component of [[Texas A&M University]] and reaches across all parts of Texas through its institutions: Texas A&M University College of Dentistry at Dallas; the College of Medicine at College Station, Temple, Dallas, Round Rock, and Houston; the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Dallas, College Station and Houston; the School of Engineering Medicine and Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston; the School of Public Health at College Station and McAllen; and the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy in College Station and Kingsville. Southern regions of the state also are further served by the Coastal Bend Health Education Center, which covers the 19-county region surrounding Corpus Christi and Kingsville, and the South Texas Center at McAllen.

Texas A&M Health received full accreditation in December 2002 from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, doctoral and professional degrees. Its components are accredited by accrediting organizations specific to their areas.

The Health Science Center in 2013 was merged into Texas A&M University proper and is no longer an independent institution. It was renamed Texas A&M Health.

===Academic units===
* [[Institute of Biosciences and Technology]] 
* [[Texas A&M University School of Dentistry]]
* [[Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine]]
* [[Texas A&M University School of Medicine]]
* [[Texas A&M University School of Nursing]]
* [[Texas A&M Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences|Texas A&M Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences]]
* [[Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy|Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy]]
* [[Texas A&M University School of Public Health]]

===Regional centers===
* Texas A&M Health Science Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center 
* Texas A&M Health Science Center South Texas Center

==Governance and administration==
[[File:Gov. John Connally signing bill that separated Arlington State College from the Texas A&M system (10001745).jpg|thumb|Gov. [[John Connally]] signing the bill that separated [[Arlington State College]] from the Texas A&M University System in 1965]]

The System is governed by a nine-member Board of Regents.  Each member is appointed by the [[Governor of Texas]] for a six-year term and the terms overlap (all terms end on February 1 in odd-numbered years and in those years 1/3 of the regents' terms expire, though a regent can be nominated for another subsequent term).

In addition, a tenth "student regent" (non-voting member) is appointed by the Governor for a one-year term.

The responsibilities of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents are to:

*Oversee the administration and set policy direction for the System's 11 universities, seven state agencies and health science center;
*Ensure a quality undergraduate and graduate education experience for all students;
*Promote academic research and technology to benefit the state of Texas and the nation;
*Disseminate programs of the A&M System across the state through outreach and public service efforts; and
*Support the state legislative and higher education leadership to position Texas at the forefront of higher education nationally.

Additionally, the Texas A&M University System is a member of the [[Alliance for Biosecurity]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allianceforbiosecurity.com/who-we-are|title=Our Members|website=Alliance for Biosecurity|access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> a public-private coalition that "advocates for public policies and funding to support the rapid development, production, stockpiling, and distribution of critically needed medical countermeasures".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allianceforbiosecurity.com/what-we-do-1|title=Our Mission|website=Alliance for Biosecurity|access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

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