Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. The array of options available to the more than 28,000 students at Texas Tech are varied and comprehensive. The students at this public school in Lubbock enjoy a campus rich in traditions and school spirit. It is one of the largest research universities in the state of Texas and is a member of the Big Twelve conference.

Academics

Texas Tech University offers 117 Bachelor's, 104 Master's and 59 Doctoral degree programs. It is divided into the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, the College of Architecture, the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Human Sciences, the College of Mass Communications, the College of Visual & Performing Arts, the Rawls College of Business Administration, and the School of Law.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, offers schools of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacology. The HSC has campuses located in Lubbock, as well as in Abilene, Amarillo, El Paso, and Odessa. Aside from its teaching duties, it provides medical services to over a hundred counties, a geographic region larger than most states. A second medical school in El Paso is scheduled to open in 2007.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Abilene - Amarillo - El Paso - Odessa

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Texas Tech maintains a number of libraries, both general-purpose and specific (such as the Architecture and Law libraries), the most notable of which are the Southwest Special Collections and the Vietnam Archive, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of information on the Vietnam War in the world.

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The university also maintains the KTXT-FM 88.1 student radio station as well as the Public Broadcasting Service stations KOHM 89.1 FM (radio) and KTXT-TV (television).

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KTXT-FM - Public Broadcasting Service - FM

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The near 1900 acre Lubbock campus, valued at over 1 billion dollars is home to Texas Tech's main academic university, law school and school of medicine is one of the largest campuses in the nation.

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