A&M also serves as the operator of one of three scientific drilling ships. At $450 million over 10 years, IODP represents the largest research contract in Texas A &M’s 128-year history. Texas A &M previously served as science operator for the Ocean Drilling Program, IODP’s predecessor, which ended in 2003 after 20 years. The 350-acre Texas A &M University Research Park opened in 1982. Tenants include the local headquarters of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, the headquarters and model basin for the Offshore Technology Research Center funded by the National Science Foundation, the Reta and Bill Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory and Centeq Research Plaza. The oilfield services company Schlumberger and HewlettPackard also have offices on site. Texas A &M Libraries are ranked first in scholarly publishing among U.S. academic libraries.
BUDGETS & FUNDING exas A &M University’s FY 2007 operating budget was $1 billion. In the 2005 calendar year, the university and other components of the Texas A &M University System located in the Bryan-College Station area had an economic impact of more than $2.7 billion. That includes institutional spending, as well as spending by more than 21,700 employees, nearly 45,000 students and tens of thousands of visitors. Texas A &M’s endowment (including some parts of The Texas A &M University System) for FY 2007 was valued at about $6.5 billion, ranking 10th nationally and fourth among public universities.
THE T E X A S A &M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM exas A &M University is part of the Texas A &M University System, which includes nine other academic institutions: Prairie View A &M (Prairie View), Tarleton State (Stephenville), Texas A &M International (Laredo), Texas A &M-Commerce, Texas A &M-Corpus Christi, Texas A &M Kingsville, Texas A&M-Texarkana, West Texas A &M (Canyon) and the Texas A &M University System Health Science Center. The System also includes the following state agencies: •
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Texas Transportation Institute
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Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
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