Living in Aggieland
While downtown Bryan and College Station offer plenty of entertainment opportunities, you don’t even have to leave campus to have an incredible time.
Texas A&M is home to the nationally-recognized George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, in addition to several other museums and art galleries. We also offer recreational and gameday activities at our renowned athletic facilities.
More than 1,200 public events are hosted through our university each year, including Broadway shows, concerts, ceremonies and athletic events.
Entertainment
The Memorial Student Center (MSC) hosts several dining facilities, meeting spaces, and a lounge complete with a baby grand piano. The MSC Town Hall also brings bands, comedians and other live entertainment to campus.
If you enjoy a good movie, Aggie Cinema hosts on-campus and virtual screenings of recently released films, as well as occasional free advance movie previews.
Most weekends, you can find an event to attend, celebrating everything from physics to athletics to our diverse cultures and heritages.
Local entertainment also includes everything from a lively nightlife to a range of family-friendly events.
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Recreation
The Student Rec Center is a state-of-the-art facility with 400,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor recreation space. It contains cardiovascular equipment, free weights, group fitness classes and personal training options. The Rec Sports Program also hosts intramural sports teams and clubs like Outdoor Adventures.
Texas A&M is also home to world-class athletic facilities such as Kyle Field and Reed Arena. Visit 12thman.com, home of Aggie Athletics, to learn more about all of our sports and recreational facilities.
You can also get active outdoors by exploring our 924 acres of local parks, area lakes and golf courses. Year-round, you can enjoy fishing and hiking in the beautiful piney woods of eastern Texas or boating, bicycling and camping in the Texas hill country.
Entertainment
You’ll find world-class performing arts at the Rudder Theatre Complex, where the Opera and Performing Arts Society hosts a range of entertainment, from Broadway musicals and modern jazz to operas and ballet.
The Wiley Lecture Series, the Jordan Institute and other campus initiatives also regularly sponsor appearances by nationally recognized speakers from many fields.
Learn more about exciting upcoming events at Texas A&M by visiting the MSC Box Office.
Various art exhibitions are presented throughout the year by the university’s art galleries, with the most prominent pieces coming to the J. Wayne Stark and the Forsyth Galleries.
Dallas, Texas
College of Dentistry, College of Medicine
Dallas is home to both the College of Dentistry and one of the College of Medicine’s campuses. Both have been recognized for excellence and allow students to work with diverse and underserved populations. Being in one of the largest metropolitan areas has its perks — there’s no shortage of things to do in Dallas. Plus, the cost of living is low so you can fit more into your budget.
Fort Worth, Texas
School of Law
Choosing a law school means choosing your home for the next few years, and you won’t find a better place to learn and live than Fort Worth. The city offers unsurpassed quality of life and a legal community that welcomes and mentors young lawyers. Students have access to a broad range of employers in various practice settings, including law firms, government agencies, non-profit organizations and the legal departments of corporations.
Houston, Texas, and Temple, Texas
College of Medicine
In addition to the tBryan-College Station campus, the College of Medicine has a presence in Houston with Texas A&M’s Institute of Biosciences and Technology and the Texas Medical Center. Research is a major focus on this campus.
As the regional Level 1 Trauma Center and stroke and cardiac center, Temple's campus is a flagship training site. It provides specialized care that is often missing from larger metro areas.
Kingsville, Texas
Rangel College of Pharmacy
In addition to the Bryan-College Station campus, the College of Pharmacy facilities in Kingsville are located on the campus of Texas A&M University Kingsville, the oldest institute of higher education in south Texas. Founded in 1904 and named for Captain Richard King of the legendary King Ranch, Kingsville is home to nearly 30,000 people and is a vital part of Texas's growing gulf coast region.
Round Rock, Texas
College of Nursing
In addition to the Bryan-College Station campus, the College of Nursing students on the Round Rock campus complete courses in classroom settings, partake in simulation training and engage in interprofessional learning.
College of Medicine
At the College of Medicine campus, clerkship directors oversee the students' rotations in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery at sites across Williamson County.
McAllen, Texas
School of Public Health
In addition to the Bryan-College Station campus, the Texas A&M School of Public Health offers several degree programs at the new McAllen Higher Learning Center. Located in the 20th most populated city in Texas, the center was opened in the fall of 2018 to continue the university’s commitment to supporting the educational needs of Texas. Its top-tier educational programs will fulfill individual student career goals, enhance continued economic development of the region and help provide the necessary skilled workforce.
Texas A&M University at Galveston is the source for all things “ocean-oriented” at Texas A&M University. TAMUG offers a unique blend of marine and maritime programs, including majors in science, business, engineering, liberal arts and transportation.
Two doctoral and three master’s degree programs are offered at TAMUG. Graduate and professional students here may also choose to join the Texas A&M Maritime Academy and work toward licensing as a Third Mate Unlimited Oceans and Unlimited Tonnage in the U.S. Merchant Marine.
The curricula offered at Texas A&M at Qatar are identical to the ones offered at the main campus in Bryan-College Station. The reputation for excellence is the same, as is the commitment to training engineering leaders of character dedicated to the greater good, who are equipped to lead the next generation of engineering leaders throughout the world.
Texas A&M at Qatar offers two graduate degrees in chemical engineering: a Master of Science (M.S.) and a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.). In addition, Texas A&M at Qatar offers a full curriculum of undergraduate courses for four bachelor's degrees in engineering.