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Former name | Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana (1894–1898) Louisiana Industrial Institute (1898–1921) Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (1921–1970) |
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| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1894 |
Parent institution | University of Louisiana System |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
| Endowment | $117.9 million (2021)[1] |
| Budget | $140.0 million (2021) |
| President | James B. "Jim" Henderson[2] |
| Students | 11,084[3] |
| Undergraduates | 10,183[3] |
| Postgraduates | 990[3] |
| Location | , , United States 32°31′39″N 92°38′51″W / 32.52750°N 92.64750°W |
| Campus | Rural college town, 1,774 acres (7.18 km2)[4] |
| Colors | Blue and red[5] |
| Nickname | Bulldogs and Lady Techsters |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FBS – Conference USA |
| Mascot | Champ & Tech |
| Website | www |
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Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[6]
Louisiana Tech opened as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894 during the Second Industrial Revolution. The original mission of the college was for the education of students in the arts and sciences for the purpose of developing an industrial economy in post-Reconstruction Louisiana.[7] Four years later in 1898, the state constitution changed the school's name to Louisiana Industrial Institute. In 1921, the college changed its name to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute to reflect its development as a larger institute of technology. Louisiana Polytechnic Institute became desegregated in the 1960s. It officially changed its name to Louisiana Tech University in 1970 as it satisfied criteria of a research university.
Louisiana Tech enrolled 12,463 students in five academic colleges during the Fall 2018 academic quarter including 1,282 students in the graduate school.[8] In addition to the main campus in Ruston, Louisiana Tech holds classes at the Louisiana Tech University Shreveport Center, Academic Success Center in Bossier City, Barksdale Air Force Base Instructional Site, and on the CenturyLink campus in Monroe.
Louisiana Tech fields 16 varsity NCAA Division I sports teams (7 men's, 9 women's teams) and is a member of Conference USA of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The university is known for its Bulldogs football team and Lady Techsters women's basketball program which won three national championship titles (1981, 1982, 1988) and made 13 Final Four appearances in the program's history.
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- ^ "Jim Henderson named Louisiana Tech University president".
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- ^ "Some Basic Facts 2008 - 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Louisiana Tech University Identity Standards. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
- ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Louisiana (1897). Revised laws of Louisiana. F. F. Hansell. p. 345. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ "Preliminary Headcount Enrollment Summary". Louisiana Board of Regents. September 2018. Archived from the original on May 19, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.