Texas Tech University is a growing, dynamic university striving to meet state criteria for designation as a National Research University. To achieve that status, we are seeking top faculty to teach and research. We have about 100 faculty positions and seven endowed chairs to fill.
Texas Tech offers 150 undergraduate degree programs through eleven academic colleges, a graduate school and a school of law. We offer more than 100 master’s degree programs and over 50 doctoral degree programs.
Eleven Colleges:
* Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
* Architecture
* Arts and Sciences
* Rawls College of Business Administration
* Education
* Engineering
* Honors
* Human Sciences
* Mass Communication
* Outreach & Distance Education
* Visual and Performing Arts
Graduate and Professional Schools:
* Graduate School
* School of Law
The Texas Tech University Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries and serves as a vital partner to students and faculty in their research endeavors. The 2.5 million volumes in the Libraries collection also includes access to materials from the Health Sciences Center library, Vietnam Archive, and the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, home to one of the nation’s most important collections on the Literature of Place.
A strong art and music program is balanced with growing research in a number of sustainable energy areas. New areas of research in solar and nuclear energies as well as smart grids and storage are supported by major endowed chairs for which national searches are currently underway. Texas Tech researchers are also known for their work in creative and technical writing, food safety, environmental toxicology, and wind science.
Community engagement plays an important role at Texas Tech. In 2006, the university was one of the first 62 institutions and the first in Texas to earn the Carnegie Foundation’s classification for Community Engagement. In 2007 and 2008 the university was named to the Corporation for National and Community Service President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Texas Tech is proud to boast of one of the finest and most diverse faculties in the nation. Our faculty members excel in teaching, research, and service as demonstrated by the awarding of the right to shelter a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Texas Tech in 2006.
Texas Tech students come from every county in Texas, all 50 states, and more than 90 foreign countries. Our students win prestigious, nationally competitive scholarships such as the William J. Fulbright, Gates-Cambridge, and Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Red Raiders regularly win animal science, debate and law championships on the state and national level.
Texas Tech is home to the Lubbock Lake Landmark, an internationally known archeological site, the Texas Tech Museum, which is accredited by the American Association of Museums, Texas Tech University Press, the Maedgen Theatre, home to Texas Tech Theatre Department productions, and the Moody Planetarium.
About Lubbock
Lubbock is home to more than 218,000 people and is the economic and medical center of a 26-county region. While Lubbock has maintained a rich agricultural heritage with cotton remaining the major crop with 2-3 million bales of cotton produced annually, it has become a major retail and medical center for the Texas South Plains and Eastern New Mexico.
The cost of living is affordable. Lubbock was named the country’s sixth least expensive city according to the ACCRA First Quarter 2008 Cost of Living Index. There are no local or state personal income tax; sales tax is 8.25 percent (state and local).
Lubbock has a rich quality of life with varied music and cultural venues. The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Ballet Lubbock and the Lubbock Chorale also thrive in the city along with an annual Arts Festival that brings visitors from across the region. The Underwood Center for the Arts and numerous small galleries and community theatre groups anchor a strong arts and theatre scene. As you would expect from the home of a rock and roll pioneer, Buddy Holly, live music flourishes in Lubbock. A host of venues in the Depot District showcase music of all genres and Texas Tech’s United Spirit Arena draws major national concerts from Elton John to Brad Paisley to Matchbox 20.
The city features major retailers, numerous restaurants and internationally recognized wineries. Recreational opportunities are numerous, with several top-flight golf courses, dozens of city parks and swimming pools, and three small recreational lakes located within an hour of the city. Lubbock is only a four-hour drive from New Mexico’s ski resorts and airlines that serve the city include Southwest, American and Continental.
Climate: 263 days of sunshine annually; average January temperature is 39 degrees, average July temperature is 80 degrees; average annual rainfall is 18 inches; average annual snowfall 10 inches
Education: The City of Lubbock is served by four independent school districts: Lubbock, Frenship, Lubbock-Cooper and Roosevelt and a variety of private and charter schools. Other institutions of higher education include Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock Christian University, Wayland Baptist University and South Plains College.
