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Texas Tech University
http://www.ttu.edu

Established in 1923, Texas Tech University (TTU), a contiguous campus of 1,839 acres, is located in the city center of Lubbock. Lubbock has a metropolitan population of almost 200,000 residents situated in a large agricultural area in the southern plains of the Texas Panhandle. The University has a student population of almost 25,000 including 1,000 international students representing 96 countries. TTU carries the distinction of being the largest comprehensive institution of higher education in the western two-thirds of the state. Students choose fields of study from among more than 150 undergraduate, 100 masters and 60 doctoral degree programs. More than 2,000 faculty members conduct classes and research in the Law School, Graduate School and seven undergraduate colleges: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Human Sciences. TTU's sister institution, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, is housed in Lubbock with regional campuses in Amarillo, El Paso and Odessa. The common Lubbock campus arrangement makes TTU the only campus in the state with a comprehensive university, law school and a medical school. Special resources at TTU include the newly constructed International Cultural Center for conferences and educational programs, the International Center for Arid and SemiArid Land Studies and the Center for Applied International Development Studies. TTU maintains 20 memoranda of agreement with universities in China, Japan, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland and Turkey.

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