| Colleges and Universities |
- The Art Institute of Houston
- Baylor College of Medicine
- DeVry University
- Houston Baptist University
- Houston Community College System
- Rice University
- San Jacinto College
- South Texas College of Law
- Texas A&M University System
- Institute of Biosciences and Technology
- Texas Southern University
- Texas Woman's University
- University of Houston System
- University of Houston
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- University of Houston-Downtown
- University of Phoenix
- University of Saint Thomas
- The University of Texas System
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- The University of Texas Medical Branch
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| Education and scientific research |
University of Houston |
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Rice University |
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Baylor College of Medicine |
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 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center |
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| Houston is served by the University of Houston
System, the largest urban state system of higher education in
the Gulf Coast, which has four universities with three located
in Houston. Their flagship institution is the University of
Houston, the only doctoral degree granting extensive research
institution in Houston and is the third largest in the state
of Texas with an enrollment of over 35,000. The interdisciplinary
research conducted at UH breaks new ground in such vital areas
as superconductivity, space commercialization, biomedical engineering,
economics, education, petroleum exploration and management.
UH is also home to over forty research centers and institutes.
Amongst the most prestigious of the University of Houston's
colleges is the University of Houston Law Center (law school).
The UH Law Center's Health Law and Policy Institute is ranked
number one in the nation while the Intellectual Property Law
Program is ranked fifth, according to U.S. News & World
Report. |
| Houston is the location of a well known prestigious
private institution of Rice University, which boasts the largest
financial endowment of any university in the world. |
| Houston is world renowned for health and medicine
research facilities located in the Medical Center such as the
Baylor College of Medicine and many others. |
| Other alternative of higher learning includes
the Houston Community College System, which has several campuses
around Houston to serve all areas and is one of the largest
community college system in the United States. |
