Texas Tech University
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public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Former names
- Texas Technological College (1923–1969)
- Motto
- From here, it's possible.
- Type
- Public research university
- Established
- February 10, 1923 ; , 103 years ago ( 1923-02-10 )
- Parent institution
- Texas Tech University System
- Accreditation
- SACS
- Academic affiliations
- ORAU UCAR URA Space-grant
- Endowment
- $2.44 billion ( FY 2025), (TTU only) , $3.35 billion (FY2025), (system-wide)
- Budget
- $1.79 billion (FY2026)
- Chancellor
- Brandon Creighton
- President
- Lawrence Schovanec
- Academic staff
- 2,131 (fall 2024)
- Students
- 42,455 (fall 2025)
- Undergraduates
- 34,184 (fall 2025)
- Postgraduates
- 8,271 (fall 2025)
- Campus
- Large city , 1,839 acres (744 ha)
- Newspaper
- The Daily Toreador
- Colors
- Scarlet and black
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1923
- Location
- Lubbock, United States
- Also known as
- TTU, Texas Tech
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lubbock
- Parent organization
- Texas Tech University System
- Employees
- 2482
- Official website
- www.ttu.edu
- Image
- TTU English Philosophy Building.jpg
- Students count
- 32327
- Admission rate
- 0.70
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- topic's main category
- Category:Texas Tech University
- Commons category
- Texas Tech University
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Texas Tech University faculty
- inception
- 1923-00-00
- postal code
- 79409-5005
- Commons gallery
- Texas Tech University
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Texas Tech University alumni
- street address
- Broadway and University Avenue
- API endpoint URL
- idp.shibboleth.ttu.edu/idp/shibboleth
- social media followers
- 188800
- admission yield rate
- 0.32
- language used
- English language
- academic calendar type
- semester
- athletics program
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Encyclopedic overview
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, TTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established in 1923 and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University System. As of fall 2025, the university enrolled 42,455 students, making it the sixth-largest university in Texas.
The university offers degrees in more than 150 courses of study through 13 colleges and hosts 55 research centers and institutes. Texas Tech University has awarded nearly 325,000 degrees since 1927, including over 75,000 graduate and professional degrees. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Texas Tech University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.