Texas A&M University is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution located in College Station, Texas. The university is centrally located, approximately equidistant from three of the 10 largest cities in the United States (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio). It is within driving distance of the state capital Austin. The university's enrollment includes approximately 44,000 students studying for degrees in 10 academic colleges.
Texas A&M was the state's first public institution of higher education, opening on October 4, 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The school owes its origin to the Morrill Act of 1862, which established the nation's land-grant university system. |
