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Today, with approximately 1,800 students, the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University is one of the largest of its kind in the United States, offering a comprehensive catalog of prominently ranked graduate and undergraduate programs in the design, planning, construction, and development professions. The four departments in the college - architecture, construction science, landscape architecture and urban planning and visualization- are each fully accredited at the highest possible level and together offer 13 degree programs including doctorates in Architecture and Urban and Regional Sciences. Additionally the college sustains five formally organized research centers and laboratories dedicated to improving the knowledge base of the professions it serves and supporting five graduate certification programs.

The A&M architecture program was established in September 1905 as the first formal architectural education program in Texas. The program was housed within the Department of Engineering until 1969 when the College of Architecture was created.

The college is distinctive in that it offers a truly interdisciplinary curriculum, recognizing that no single professional track or narrow specialization can adequately prepare tomorrow's building and planning professionals.

Though quite diverse, the disciplines within the college have one predominant commonality - the transformation of the human environment. Because the creativity and sensitivity with which each discipline is practiced has a profound influence on the quality of life in society, the college challenges students to weave aesthetics, safety, function, financial feasibility, sustainability, and environmental responsibility into the creative process.

The College of Architecture is part of a university community that values excellence in teaching. Its instructors work to ensure that students are well prepared by course work that includes fundamentals as well as the more innovative concepts, spawned by research and scholarly debate. The college also belongs to and serves the professional communities of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, construction science, and visualization sciences. It is dedicated to generating significant knowledge and insight and producing a long line of qualified aspirants for the jobs of tomorrow.