Texas A&M University System

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The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest and most complex systems of higher education in the United States. Through a statewide network of nine universities, eight state agencies and a comprehensive health science center, the A&M System educates nearly 100,000 students, conducts more than $500 million in research and reaches another 11 million people through service each year. The System's flagship institution is Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

1 Universities
- 1.1 Branches
2 Agencies
3 Health Science Center
- 3.1 Health Science Center Components
4 External links

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Universities

The nine universities of The Texas A&M University System provide a wide range of opportunities for educational, research, leadership and service activities, from the fifth-largest university in the nation--Texas A&M University at College Station--to other, regional universities throughout Texas.

Texas A&M University (website, see also College Station, Texas)
- Texas A&M University at Galveston (website, see also Galveston, Texas)(A&M Branch)
- Texas A&M University at Qatar (website, see also Doha, Qatar)(A&M Branch)
Texas A&M University-Commerce (website, see also Commerce, Texas)
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (website, see also Corpus Christi, Texas)
Texas A&M University-Kingsville (website, see also Kingsville, Texas)
Prairie View A&M University (website, see also Prairie View, Texas)
Tarleton State University (website, see also Stephenville, Texas)
Texas A&M University-Texarkana (website, see also Texarkana, Texas)
Texas A&M International University (website, see also Laredo, Texas)
West Texas A&M University (website, see also Canyon, Texas)

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Branches

Texas A&M University at Galveston and Texas A&M University at Qatar are branches of Texas A&M University, meaning students study identical curriculums and receive identical degrees from Texas A&M University; Texas A&M's two branches are basically separate campuses of the same university. When transferring between branches, students also keep grades for courses they've taken (whereas students transferring from any other university, including others in the A&M system, only receive pass/fail credit for transferring coursework); this is important for GPA considerations.

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Agencies

With a presence in all 254 Texas counties, A&M System agencies offer research and service to the state's citizens. The agencies focused on addressing and improving the social, economic, educational, health and environmental conditions of Texans.

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)
Texas Cooperative Extension (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)
Texas Engineering Experiment Station (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)
Texas Engineering Extension Service (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)
Texas Forest Service (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)
Texas Transportation Institute (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (description, website, see also College Station, Texas)

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Health Science Center

The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center comprises five graduate schools in medical fields (medicine, dentistry, and public health). The Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy will open in Kingsville in the fall of 2007.

The Health Science Center serves the state of Texas through its five primary entities, serves South Texas residents through the Coastal Bend Health Education Center in Corpus Christi and Kingsville and the South Texas Center in McAllen, and works closely with the six nursing schools in the Texas A&M System, Texas Cooperative Extension, and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The Health Science Center is fully accredited by the Southern Assosciation of Colleges and Schools.

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