Texas A&M University

public research university in College Station, Texas, United States
Organization public_research_university Q49212
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Summary

Texas A&M University is a public research university[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of public research university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,085 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: ORCID, Inc.[3], Digital Library Federation[4], Southeastern Conference[5], Association of Research Libraries[6], Consortium of Social Science Associations[7], ArXiv[8], Association of American Universities[9], Association of American Colleges and Universities[10], American Council on Education[11], National Humanities Alliance[12], Coalition for Networked Information[13], Association of Public and Land-grant Universities[14], American Association of State Colleges and Universities[15], Center for Research Libraries[16]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: College Station[17]
  • Country: United States[18]
  • Instance of: land-grant university[19], public educational institution of the United States[20], United States senior military college[21]
  • Headquarters location: College Station[22]
  • Postal code: 77843-1244[23]
  • Child organization or unit: Texas A&M University at Galveston[24], Texas A&M University Press[25], Texas A&M University at Qatar[26], College of Liberal Arts, Texas An and M University[27], Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research, Texas An and M University[28], Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas An and M University[29], Texas A&M Health Science Center[30], Texas A&M University School of Law[31], Texas A&M University Libraries[32], Bush School of Government and Public Service[33], Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service[34], Texas A&M AgriLife[35], Texas AgriLife Extension Service[36], Center for the Study of the First Americans[37]
  • Commons category: Texas A&M University[38]
  • Chairperson: Michael K. Young[39]
  • Inception: 1876[40]
  • Coordinate location: 30.610369, -96.344056[41]
  • Parent organization or unit: Texas A&M University System[42]
  • Official website: https://www.tamu.edu[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Texas A&M University[44]
  • Commons gallery: Texas A&M University[45]
  • Employees: 11,260[46]
  • Ranking: 100[47], 93[48], 95[49], 88[50], 70[51], 89[52], 91[53], 168[54], 134[55], 164[56]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Texas A&M University include Tamu Massif[57], a shield volcano[58].

Why It Matters

Texas A&M University has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for it include Tamu Massif[57], a shield volcano[58].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 8556620
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  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → texas-am-university
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  3. 16w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 17w ago · Luamssuk · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → Nonprofit Corporation
    Endowment → {'amount': '+13514528000'}
    Admission yield rate → {'amount': '+0.41'}
    Instance of → public research university, land-grant university, public educational institution of the United States +1
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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