OpenFieldTAMU Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), known as 'The Island University,' is a Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution situated on Ward Island in Oso Bay, Corpus Christi, Texas. TAMU-CC is globally acclaimed for the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation, and top-tier geospatial engineering programs.
TAMU-CC features five colleges: Science and Engineering, Liberal Arts, Business, Education and Human Development, and Nursing and Health Sciences. It leads federal research in unmanned aircraft systems, coastal wetlands ecology, Gulf of Mexico fisheries policy, satellite geodesy, and marine genomics.
Undergraduate applicants are admitted through holistic review of high school rank, GPA, and test scores (test-optional). Graduate applicants require an accredited bachelor's degree with a 2.75+ GPA (3.0+ for doctoral programs), program-specific prerequisites, personal statement, and academic reference letters.
Elite doctoral training investigating Gulf of Mexico ecosystem conservation, marine apex predator migrations, oyster reef restoration, and coastal ocean acidification.
Pioneering doctoral program in geospatial computing, spatial big data analytics, LiDAR point-cloud processing, autonomous UAS sensor integration, and satellite geodesy.
Graduate engineering program covering autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), flight dynamics of unmanned aerial systems, corrosion engineering in marine environments, and CFD modeling.
Specialized master's program teaching recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) engineering, marine finfish larval rearing, commercial shellfish culture, and sustainable fishery economics.
ABET-accredited geomatics and GIS program training students in boundary surveying, hydrographic mapping, digital photogrammetry, and spatial database design.
Prestigious research fellowship conducting beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone flight experiments, detect-and-avoid radar testing, and disaster airspace monitoring.
President & Professor of Communication
Office of the President
Dr. Kelly Miller serves as president and CEO of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a proud alumna and distinguished communication scholar whose leadership led...
View researcher profile ↗Chair for Gulf Studies & Senior Executive Director Emeritus
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Dr. McKinney is an internationally revered marine biologist who directed the Harte Research Institute, spearheading trilateral marine scientific agreements amon...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Geospatial Computer Science
Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science
Dr. Starek leads the Blucher Institute's airborne LiDAR and coastal mapping initiatives, pioneering machine learning workflows for 3D point cloud segmentation a...
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