Opening of Texas A&M University

Date: October 4, 1876 • Location: College Station, United States

Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.

Texas A&M University is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. Since 2021, Texas A&M has enrolled the largest student body in the United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and since 2001 has been a member of the Association of American Universities.