OpenFieldTexas A&M · College Station, Texas, United States
Texas A&M University is the flagship land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research institution of Texas, located in College Station. Ranked among the premier Carnegie R1 public research powerhouses in the world with over $1.2B in annual research expenditures, Texas A&M is renowned for its world-class Dwight Look College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Mays Business School, and Cyclotron Institute.
Texas A&M comprises 17 colleges and schools, operating global research centers including the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), and the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. It leads national and global discovery in aerospace engineering, nuclear engineering, agricultural genomics, veterinary medicine, and quantum physics.
Undergraduate admissions are highly competitive (top 10% Texas auto-admit, holistic review for national and international applicants). Graduate and doctoral applicants require a regionally accredited baccalaureate degree (3.0+ GPA recommended), competitive GRE scores (program-dependent), letters of recommendation, CV, and a rigorous statement of purpose.
World-leading doctoral program utilizing the National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory for scramjet combustion, planetary entry thermodynamics, and autonomous spacecraft dynamics.
Nation's largest nuclear engineering program operating two on-campus research reactors (TRIGA and AGN-201M), leading breakthroughs in small modular reactors (SMRs) and radiation detection.
Cutting-edge doctoral research spanning deep neural network architectures, neuromorphic computing, computer vision, human-robot interaction, and distributed cloud systems.
Interdisciplinary doctoral program exploring CRISPR gene editing in staple food crops, livestock genomic selection, epigenetics, and disease vector genomics.
Interdisciplinary curriculum investigating functional nanomaterials, 2D graphene supercapacitors, high-entropy alloys, and electron microscopy characterization.
Prestigious nuclear physics fellowship conducting beam-line experiments at the K500 superconducting cyclotron, researching nuclear equation of state, rare isotope beams, and stellar nucleosynthesis.
President & Former Dean of the Bush School
Office of the President
General Mark A. Welsh III serves as the 27th president of Texas A&M University, a decorated retired four-star US Air Force general and former Chief of Staff of ...
View researcher profile ↗Distinguished Professor of Physics & National Academy of Sciences Member
Department of Physics and Astronomy & Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering
Dr. Marlan Scully is a world-renowned laser physicist and quantum optics pioneer, elected to the National Academy of Sciences, celebrated for the quantum eraser...
View researcher profile ↗Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering & IEEE Fellow
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Robin Murphy is an internationally recognized pioneer in disaster robotics, founding the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) and deploying ...
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