School Overview

Committed to teaching and the advancement of knowledge, Texas Tech University, a comprehensive public research university, provides the highest standards of excellence in higher education, fosters intellectual and personal development, and stimulates meaningful research and service to humankind.

Texas Tech University is among 120 universities and colleges in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's “Very High Research Activity” category. The University also is only one of 86 public institutions listed. The list is updated every three years and university's must maintain specific criteria to achieve designation. Texas Tech first made the list in 2015.