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Houston Christian University, 7502 Fondren Road, Houston, Texas, offers more than 50 undergraduate majors. Pre-professional programs range from Biblical languages to nursing. [22] University of St. Thomas, located at 3800 Montrose, Houston, Texas, is a comprehensive Catholic university, grounded in the liberal arts.
Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [6] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". [7]
Philip G. Hoffman, first chancellor of UH System. The University of Houston, founded in 1927, entered the state system of higher education in 1963. The evolvement of a multi-institution University of Houston System came from a recommendation in May 1968 which called for the creation of a university near NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center to offer upper-division and graduate-level programs. [11]
American Campus Communities owns and operates Bayou Oaks and Cullen Oaks. [8] [9] Cambridge Oaks, the designated family housing complex for University of Houston students, [10] opened in 1990. Campus Living Villages owns and operates the facility. It houses over 600 students from UH and other area institutions. [11]
The University of Houston is a nationally recognized Tier One research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The third-largest university in Texas, the University of Houston has nearly 40,000 students on its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston.
South Texas Junior College (STJC) was a junior college located in Houston, Texas . The YMCA opened STJC in 1948 and operated the two-year coeducational liberal arts school; no tax money supported the school. The YMCA pioneered the concept of night school, providing educational opportunities for people with full-time employment.
The Bauer College is located on the campus of the University of Houston and has been housed in Melcher Hall since 1986. Melcher Hall is named after Leroy Melcher, an alumnus of the University of Houston and successful businessman. Leroy donated $3 million to the business school. [4]