Texas A&M International University
The TAMIU Dustdevils men’s basketball team competes in the Heartland Conference, NCAA Division II.
Texas A&M International University—the state’s newest, founded in 1970—is an international university, located in the border city of Laredo, which is 156 miles south of San Antonio, 158 miles west of Corpus Christi, and 153 miles north of Monterrey, Mexico. Laredo, the fastest-growing city in Texas and the second-fastest growing city in the United States, is home to about 190,000 people, and its sister city of Nuevo Laredo across the Rio Grande is home to more than 360,000 people.
| Established | 1970 |
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| Joined A&M System | 1989 |
| Fall 2007 Enrollment | 5,179 |
| Number of Faculty | 296 |
| Student/Faculty Ratio | 20:1 |
| Average Undergraduate Class Size | 23 |
| Undergraduate Degree Programs | 31 |
| Graduate Degree Programs | 31 |
| FY 2008 Operating Budget | $63.6M |
Colors: maroon and silver
Mascot: dustdevil
Athletic affiliation: NAIA
Region VI, Red River Athletic Conference
Did You Know?
- TAMIU’s Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center’s Planetarium has one of the few new-generation digital projectors, which allows for total immersion viewing from any part of the known universe, not just from the earth.
- Two of the nation’s most prolific Spanish literature scholars—the late Dr. Willard F. King of Bryn Mawr College and Dr. Edmund L. King of Princeton University—have donated their literary collections to TAMIU.
- The University is home to an innovative Ph.D. in International Business that capitalizes on Laredo’s historical position as a crossroads of commerce and culture.
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In July 2006, Texas A&M International University debuted a $1.2 million, 3,998-pipe Sharkey-Corrigan Pipe Organ, the largest philanthropic gift in support of the arts in Laredo history.
University information: (956) 326-2001 · www.tamiu.edu