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 The University of Texas at Tyler
As a
component of the renowned University of Texas System, The University of
Texas at Tyler continues to build on more than 100 years of higher
education tradition and international recognition. The university has
earned recognition for offering rigorous academic training as a
four-year comprehensive university with pre-professional programs. UT
Tyler offers more than 70 degree programs and has campuses in Tyler,
Longview and Palestine.
UT Tyler
became a four-year university in 1997 and admitted its first freshman
class in 1998. Created in 1971 as an upper-division institution serving
junior, senior and graduate level students, the university has been a
member of the UT System since 1979. While welcoming freshman students,
the university still recognizes the importance of its transfer and
graduate enrollment. A steady increase in enrollment has brought the
university to more than 5,700 students. Plans are to double enrollment
by 2010.
Texas became a PLTW
affiliate partner in 2001 through the University of Houston Center for
Technology Literacy. The PLTW National Affiliate Training Center
transferred to The University of Texas at Tyler Ingenuity Center in
2005.
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