Texas Tech University System

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The Texas Tech University System consists of two universities, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and is located in Lubbock, Texas. The universities together operate twelve campuses, ten of which are located in Texas. The remaining campuses are located in Seville, Spain, and Quedlinburg, Germany.

1 Governance and Administration
2 History
3 Universities
- 3.1 Texas Tech University
- 3.2 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
4 Texas Tech University Campuses
5 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Campuses
6 Board of Regents
- 6.1 Officers
- 6.2 Regents
7 Notes and references
8 External link

[edit] Governance and Administration

[edit] Governance

The government, control, and direction of the TTU System is vested in a nine-member Board of Regents appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature.

[edit] Chancellor

The Chancellor is the chief executive officer of the TTU System appointed by, and responsible to, the Board of Regents. The Chancellor carries out the policies of the System as determined by the Regents and has direct responsibility for all aspects of the operations of the TTU System's three primary components: Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and the TTU System Offices.

[edit] Presidents

The presidents of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are appointed by the Chancellor and are chief executive officers of their respective institutions and responsible for the strategic operation of each institution.

[edit] History

The Board of Regents established the system in 1996 to provide leadership and support for the combined academic enterprise.

[edit] Universities

[edit] Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University's enrollment totals 28,200 students. The main campus is located in Lubbock Texas, and is bordered by Marsha Sharp Freeway (4th Street), 19th Street, University Avenue, and Quaker Avenue. It operates several satellite campuses and centers outside of Lubbock, listed in the next section.

[edit] Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was created as the Texas Tech University School of Medicine by the 61st Texas Legislature in 1969. In 1979, the charter was expanded to create the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The university's enrollment was 2,458 as of Fall 2006. TTUHSC operates three satellite campuses in additiom to the main campus in Lubbock, Texas.

[edit] Texas Tech University Campuses

Texas Tech University at Abilene, offers graduate engineering degrees (description, website, see also Abilene, Texas)
Texas Tech University at Amarillo, offers graduate engineering degrees (description, website, see also Amarillo, Texas)
Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg (description, website, see also Fredericksburg, Texas)
Texas Tech University at Highland Lakes (description, website, see also Marble Falls, Texas)
Texas Tech University Center at Junction (description, website, see also Junction, Texas)
Texas Tech University (Main Campus) (description, website, see also Lubbock, Texas)
Texas Tech University Center in Seville (website, see also Seville, Spain)
Texas Tech University Center in Quedlinburg (website, see also Quedlinburg, Germany)

In March 2007, Rep. Drew Darby and Sen. Robert Duncan filed bills which, if passed, would make Angelo State University part of the Texas Tech University System.^[1]