Warming hearts. Opening minds. Encouraging dreams. Redefining realities...these are the guiding charges for Texas A&M International University, a Member of The Texas A&M University System.

A&M International is a comprehensive four-year, State-assisted institution offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, education, and business. It is the newest University constructed in Texas in over 20 years. As its slogan maintains, A&M International is committed to helping its students and the communities it proudly serves to "Go Further."

The University maintains an international focus in all its programs, affording students global learning opportunities that can help them to stake their claim in the world marketplace. Over 8,300 graduates can be found around the world...and just around the corner. An average semester finds over 3,400 students enrolled from over 30 different countries.

A&M International is committed to the preparation of students for leadership roles in their chosen profession and in an increasingly complex, culturally diverse state, national and global society. The University provides students with a learning environment anchored by the highest quality programs built on a solid academic foundation in the liberal arts and natural sciences.

To fulfill its mission, the University offers baccalaureate and master's programs in the arts; humanities; business; education; physical, biological and social sciences; and health professions with authority for select doctoral programs. Programs focus on developing undergraduate and graduate offerings and a progressive agenda for global study and understanding across all disciplines.

Through instruction, faculty and student research, and public service, Texas A&M International University is a strategic point of delivery for well-defined programs and services that improve the quality of life for citizens of the border region, the State of Texas, and national and international communities.

The gifted faculty of four academic colleges: the College of Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Education, and Science and Technology, direct instruction in 54 undergraduate or graduate degree programs. Among these are the nation's first Master of Business Administration in International Trade. Education certificates and endorsement programs, including provisional certificates in elementary and secondary education and endorsements in Bilingual Education, are also offered. Ph.D. programs are on the horizon.

The University is also home to the D. D. Hachar four-year Honors Program and early acceptance programs into both law and medical schools. A transfer program in engineering is also available.

A&M International research initiatives include the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development and the Center for Earth and Environmental Studies, among others.

The University is located on a dynamic, high-tech campus that empowers innovative learning. On-site computer labs offer access to the Internet through a network that links the entire campus, including student housing, with the information superhighway. A privatized apartment-style student residential community, University Village, offers 1-, 2-, and 4-bedroom units.

The campus is currently completing its Phase III expansion, a $49.5 million construction project, that will increase campus facilities by nearly sixty percent. This expansion includes a new Student Development Center and Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.

Phase IV, the completing phase of the campus, received $22 million in funding from the 77th State Legislature and will include a new Science Building with planetarium and additional infrastructure.

Laredo is 156 miles south of San Antonio, 158 miles west of Corpus Christi, and 153 miles north of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Laredo is at an enviable crossroads of international business and life. Its history is hallmarked by seven sovereign flags and people of all races and nations seem drawn by a colorful environment and tropical climate that affords a pleasant lifestyle for all.

Over 190,000 people call Laredo home and the city was recently named the fastest growing city in Texas and the second fastest in the United States. Between 1960 and 1990, Laredo's population doubled. This is attributed to Laredo's growing importance as a manufacturing and trading center on the Texas- Mexico border, which has drawn increasing numbers of people from the surrounding region.

The Rio Grande winds its way between Laredo and its sister city, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Nuevo Laredo is home to over 360,000 people and offers its own rich culture, history and traditions, most shared by the peoples of Los Dos Laredos.

Long a proud partner with its service community, the University enjoys support from public and private sector partners securing brighter futures through support of student scholarships, program development and construction.

The University is experiencing unprecedented growth and development and reported its highest enrollment in its 30-year history in Fall of 2001 (3,424 students, up 12.7% from last Fall's enrollment of 3,038 students.)