Texas A&M University at Galveston
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| Type |
State university Branch of Texas A&M University |
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| Established | 1962 |
| Endowment | $5.6 billion |
| President | Colonel Michael E. Fossum, USAF (Ret.) |
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Academic staff
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350+ |
| Students | 2,324 (Fall 2015) |
| Undergraduates | 2,162 (Fall 2015) |
| Postgraduates | 162 (Fall 2015) |
| 42 (Fall 2015) | |
| Location | Galveston, Texas, US |
| Campus | Suburban, 135 acres (0.546 km²) |
| Colors | Maroon and white |
| Nickname | Sea Aggies |
| Mascot | Reveille IX |
| Affiliations | AAU, SEC |
| Website | www.tamug.edu |
Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) is an ocean-oriented branch campus of Texas A&M University offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees that are awarded from Texas A&M University in College Station. Students enrolled at Texas A&M University at Galveston, known affectionately as 'Sea Aggies', share all the benefits of students attending Texas A&M University (TAMU) campus in College Station. TAMUG is strategically located on Pelican Island, offering many benefits the ocean has to offer for its maritime focused majors.
The ocean-oriented academic programs are accredited regionally and professionally. Academic programs are distinctively ocean-focused, and include marine biology, marine fisheries, marine engineering technology, marine sciences, marine transportation, maritime administration, maritime studies, maritime systems engineering, oceans and coastal resources, university studies (curriculum focused on marine environmental law and policy), and others (see below). It is the home of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy and has a Navy-option-only NROTC unit on campus. (Marine Corps-option NROTC cadets must attend the main campus in College Station, TX.)
Texas A&M University at Galveston began in 1962 as a marine laboratory and as the home of the Texas Maritime Academy of Texas A&M University (which is now known as Texas A&M Maritime Academy). The federal government donated the first training ship, the Texas Clipper, to the Maritime Academy in 1965. In 1968 the campus was expanded with a 100-acre (0.40 km2) donation by George P. Mitchell on Pelican Island. Land was donated again in 1993 with an additional 35 acres (140,000 m2) as well as 14 acres (57,000 m2) on Teichman Road to house TEEX, the sailing and rowing teams. Since then, the academics at Texas A&M at Galveston have been distinctively focused on the ocean: in the fields of marine biology, marine sciences and oceanography, administration, and engineering. Enrollment included 91 students in 1971.
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