Texas Tech University
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| Texas Tech University link () Website | |
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| File:TexasTechSeal.svg | |
| Motto | From here, it's possible. |
| Formation | February 10, 1923 |
| Headquarters | Lubbock, Texas,USA |
| Type | State university |
| Other name | Red Raiders |
| Texas university with heavy Hispanic presence | |
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University System. The university's student enrollment is the seventh-largest in Texas as of the Fall 2018 semester. As of fall 2020, there were 40,322 students (33,269 undergraduate and 7,053 graduate) enrolled at Texas Tech.[1] With over 25% of its undergraduate student population identifying as Hispanic, Texas Tech University is a designated Hispanic-serving institution (HSI).[2]