The campus of Texas Tech University is located in the city of Lubbock in the center of the South Plains region near the Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado. Situated on 1,839 acres (7.44 km2).The Lubbock campus is home to the main academic university, law school, and medical school. This arrangement makes it the only institution in Texas to have all three units (undergraduate institution, law school, and medical school) on the same physical campus.[user-generated source?][1][2]
The campus' most prominent feature is its Spanish Renaissance architecture, inspired by the University de Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and Mission San José in San Antonio.[3] A large section of the campus built between 1924 and 1951 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Texas Technological College Historic District.[4]
- ^ The University of Texas System has four medical schools, but none are located in Austin, the site of its flagship campus and only law school. The law school of the University of North Texas System is located in Dallas and does not have a medical school. The Texas A&M University System does not have a law school, and the University of Houston System has no medical school. Baylor University has only a law school, which is located in Waco. Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, has not been part of Baylor University since 1969. Baylor also operates the Baylor University Medical Center, which is a hospital system.[citation needed]
- ^ "Texas Tech University". Texas College Guide. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
- ^ Barrick, Nolan (1985). Texas Tech... The Unobserved Heritage. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press. pp. 18, 23. ISBN 0-89672-125-6.
- ^ "Narrative Details for Texas Technological College Historic District National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2096000523". Texas Historical Commission. May 10, 1996. 2096000523. Retrieved December 3, 2015.