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College Station, TX, United States
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Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, opened in 1876 as the state's first public institution of higher education. It describes itself as a research-intensive main university of The Texas A&M University System and a member of the Association of American Universities, one of 24 institutions in the nation holding the triple designation as a land-, sea- and space-grant university. Its colours are maroon and white and its students are known as Aggies.
The main campus covers 5,200 acres in College Station, in the Houston-Dallas-Austin triangle, and enrolled 74,407 students in Fall 2025 out of 81,354 across all locations (62,543 undergraduate and 18,811 graduate and professional). Branch campuses operate in Galveston, Texas, and Doha, Qatar, with additional sites in McAllen, Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. and Texas A&M Health locations across Texas. There are 4,398 faculty, 54 of whom are members of the National Academies.
The College Station campus has 17 colleges and schools: Agriculture and Life Sciences; Architecture; Arts and Sciences; Mays Business School; Dentistry; Education and Human Development; Engineering (the largest, with more than 22,500 students in 15 departments); the School of Engineering Medicine; the Bush School of Government and Public Service; the School of Law; Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies; the Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine; Nursing; Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts; the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy; the School of Public Health; and Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The university offers 140+ undergraduate degree programs, 175 master's programs, 90+ doctoral programs and 6 professional programs (Fall 2025).
Student life centres on more than 1,300 recognised student organisations, the Corps of Cadets (more than 2,400 cadets in 2025-26), Division I athletics in the Southeastern Conference and traditions such as the 12th Man. More than 11,000 students live on campus in 25 residence halls, the White Creek Apartments, the Gardens Apartments (open to married, dependent-child, veteran and international students), 12 Corps halls housing about 2,600 cadets, and seven Living Learning Communities. The Education Abroad programme sends over 5,600 students to 110 countries each year.
International students from 130+ countries make up more than 12% of the student body, and International Student & Scholar Services issues I-20 and DS-2019 documents and advises on immigration status. The university is a designated R1 research institution.
University scholarships are awarded on academic merit, leadership and participation, financial need, or a combination, by Scholarships and Financial Aid and by academic colleges, departments and other units. Texas A&M does not stack academic or Opportunity Award scholarships; the highest-value one is offered. Details: aggie.tamu.edu scholarships.
Academic Excellence Awards go to about 800 enrolled students each year, from $500 for one year up to $10,000 for 3 years; apply by February 1 with the University Scholarship Application (FAFSA or TASFA for need-based awards).
Non-resident students holding a competitive university scholarship of at least $4,000 (undergraduate) or $1,000 (graduate and professional) may pay the tuition rate of a Texas resident. Scholarships specifically for international students do not qualify.
International students enrolled at College Station who are not sponsored may be considered for university scholarships through the University Scholarship Application (Summer/Fall: October 15 to February 1; Spring: September 10 to October 12). Scholarships open to them include the International Education Fee Scholarship, the George J. Eppright International Student scholarship ($3,000, at least one annually), Goodman International Scholarship Fund, Shibata International Memorial Scholarship, Tina Watkins Scholarship and the Bill and Rita Stout Academic Excellence Award. The state-funded International Texas Public Education Grant (ITPEG) awards up to $4,000 based on financial need through the TASFA (F-1 students become eligible after their first academic year; J-1 students are not eligible). The Good Neighbor Program provides tuition assistance to students from Western Hemisphere countries, and the Mexican Citizens with Financial Need Waiver allows eligible Mexican citizens to pay resident tuition. See international student scholarships.
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View scholarships for Texas A&M University →Applicants apply through the Common App or ApplyTexas; the choice does not affect the decision. Applications open August 1. The fall deadline for College Station is December 1 (additional documents by December 15; McAllen March 1; Galveston May 1), and the spring deadline for College Station and McAllen is October 15 (Galveston December 1). Admission offers must be accepted by May 1 for fall. Required: an essay (750 words max), short-answer questions, and a Self-reported Transcript and Academic Record (STARS) listing high school courses and grades (GED graduates submit the GED transcript instead). Texas A&M is test optional: ACT and SAT scores are not required, but may be sent. Up to two letters of recommendation are considered. Texas residents ranked in the top 10% of their class are automatically admitted; other applicants receive holistic review of coursework, rigour, GPA, class rank and non-academic factors. Applicants to the College of Engineering are reviewed for placement into General Engineering.
$75 non-refundable for domestic freshman applicants, payable through Common App or, for ApplyTexas applicants, through the applicant portal after the acknowledgement email. Fee waivers exist for eligible domestic applicants.
International freshmen are applicants who are not US citizens or permanent residents and have not graduated from a Texas high school after three years of residence in Texas (Senate Bill 1528). The timeline is the same as for domestic freshmen. The non-refundable application fee is $90, and fee waivers are not available to international applicants. Official secondary school transcripts are required for those who have already graduated (original signature or seal, or sealed envelope), with certified English translations for records not in English. English proficiency can be shown with TOEFL iBT 80 overall (tests before January 21, 2026) or 4.5 overall with at least 4.0 on each section (tests on or after January 21, 2026), TOEFL Essentials 8.5, IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, SAT EBRW 560, ACT English 21, or four years at a US high school. Citizens of listed countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Canada (except Quebec), the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand are exempt. Texas A&M does not accept the MyBest TOEFL score, and scores must be from within two years. International Student & Scholar Services issues the I-20 (F-1) or DS-2019 (J-1); health insurance is required for F-1 and J-1 students.
International transfer applicants are non-citizens seeking a bachelor's degree who have earned college credit after secondary school graduation and have not previously enrolled at Texas A&M as degree-seeking undergraduates.
Most programmes use the Texas A&M GraduateCAS application, and deadlines and required documents (letters of recommendation, statement of purpose, resume or CV, GRE or GMAT where required) are set by each department. A $65 non-refundable processing fee applies in addition to the central application service fee. Transcripts from all colleges attended (excluding community colleges) are required. GRE institution code 6003 (non-engineering), 4119 (engineering); GMAT code 7B7K957. International graduate applicants must meet the English proficiency standards above.
On the College Station campus, on-campus housing includes 25 residence halls, White Creek Apartments, the Gardens Apartments and seven Living Learning Communities.
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