TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. In addition to programs leading to baccalaureate degrees, it offers about 90 master's and 70 doctoral degree programs. The main campus includes colleges of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, and Human Sciences and also the School of Law and the Graduate School. The University Health Sciences Center comprises schools of Allied Health, Medicine, and Nursing. There are regional health centres in Amarillo, El Paso, and Midland-Odessa; academic centres in Amarillo and Junction; and an agricultural research farm in the Texas Panhandle. University programs conduct research in such areas as plant stress, forensics, pragmaticism, wine marketing, leather, arid and semiarid land, ergonomics, industrial automation, hazardous waste, and addiction. The university museum includes features such as Lubbock Lake State Historical Park, the Ranching Heritage Center, the Natural Science Research Laboratory, and the Cotton Heritage Center. The Southwest Collection contains material on the American Southwest. Student enrollment is approximately 24,000. Established by the state legislature in 1923, Texas Technological College opened in 1925 with a curriculum of agriculture, engineering, liberal arts, and home economics. Graduate-level instruction began in 1927; the first master's degrees were granted in 1929, and the first doctorate was awarded in 1952. The business school was added in 1942. The Seismological Observatory began operation in 1956. The School of Law and the College of Education opened in 1967. The College of Architecture was founded in 1986.