Editing Texas A&M University (section)

===Worldwide===
[[File:TAMUQ Profs and Students.jpg|thumb|Two professors, a graduate, and an undergraduate student at the [[Texas A&M University at Qatar|TAMUQ branch campus]]|alt=Four people standing behind a flag each holding their thumb in the air]]

Of the university's numerous agreements and joint facilities of international cooperation, Texas A&M owns a multipurpose center in Mexico City, Soltis Research and Education Center near San Isidro, Costa Rica, and Santa Chiara Study Abroad Center in [[Castiglion Fiorentino]], Italy.<ref name="santachiara">{{cite web|title=International Programs Office|publisher=Texas A&M University|url=http://international.tamu.edu/|access-date=May 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510220958/http://international.tamu.edu/|archive-date=May 10, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CostaRica">{{cite news|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/03/09/News/A.Piece.Of.Am.In.The.Rainforest.Of.Costa.Rica-3665056.shtml?reffeature=textemailedition|title=A piece of A&M in the rainforest of Costa Rica: Center offers students chance to study abroad amid preserved natural scene|last=Lee|first=Jane|date=March 9, 2009|work=[[The Battalion]]|access-date=March 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912195352/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/03/09/News/A.Piece.Of.Am.In.The.Rainforest.Of.Costa.Rica-3665056.shtml?reffeature=textemailedition|archive-date=September 12, 2009}}</ref> During the 2018 academic year, over 5,600 Texas A&M students—primarily undergraduates—studied in 110 countries.<ref name="InternationalStudies">{{cite web|url=https://abroad.tamu.edu/|access-date=July 29, 2021|publisher=International Programs Texas A&M University|title=Education Abroad|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726110154/https://abroad.tamu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> Marine research occurs on the university's branch campus, [[Texas A&M University at Galveston]].<ref name="Galveston">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Texas A&M University at Galveston|encyclopedia=[[The Handbook of Texas]]|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kct42|access-date=May 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715032051/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kct42|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It also has collaborations with international facilities such as [[Hacienda Santa Clara]] in San Miguel de Allende, [[Guanajuato]], Mexico.<ref name=inaugursmgob>{{cite web |title= Inauguración del Centro de Estudios e Investigación, Hacienda Santa Clara |publisher= Government of San Miguel Allende |date= October 23, 2015 |url= http://www.sanmigueldeallende.gob.mx/noticias.php?n=9&%2FInauguraci%C3%B3n%20del%20Centro%20de%20Estudios%20e%20Investigaci%C3%B3n%2C%20Hacienda%20Santa%20Clara |access-date= December 14, 2015 |archive-date= December 22, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112546/http://www.sanmigueldeallende.gob.mx/noticias.php?n=9&%2FInauguraci%C3%B3n%20del%20Centro%20de%20Estudios%20e%20Investigaci%C3%B3n%2C%20Hacienda%20Santa%20Clara |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name=arranca>{{cite news |first=Alejandra |last=García |title=Arranca centro de investigación Hacienda Santa Clara |newspaper=Periódico Correo |location=Guanajuato |date=October 24, 2015 |url=http://periodicocorreo.com.mx/arranca-centro-de-investigacion-hacienda-santa-clara/ |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701093103/http://periodicocorreo.com.mx/arranca-centro-de-investigacion-hacienda-santa-clara/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university is one of two American universities in partnership with [[CONACyT]], Mexico's equivalent of the [[National Science Foundation]], to support research in areas including biotechnology, telecommunications, energy, and urban development.<ref name="CONACYT">{{cite web|url=http://conacyt.tamu.edu/|title=Collaborative Research Grant Program|access-date=January 1, 2007|publisher=Texas A&M University-CONACYT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203084332/http://conacyt.tamu.edu/|archive-date=February 3, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> The university also hosts Las Americas Digital Research Network, an online architecture network for 26 universities in 12 nations, primarily in Central and South America.<ref name="Las_Americas">{{cite web|url=http://archone.tamu.edu/~americas/|title=Introduction|access-date=January 1, 2007|publisher="Las Americas" Digital Research Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721114931/http://archone.tamu.edu/~americas/|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Founded in 1995 by then-emir Sheikh [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] and his wife, who is the mother of the current emir Sheikha [[Moza bint Nasser]], Texas A&M University at Qatar was set up through an agreement between Texas A&M and the [[Qatar Foundation|Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development]] and continues its part of Qatar's efforts to expand higher education with the assistance of elite institutions from the United States.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|author=Anderson, Nick|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/08/texas-university-gets-76-million-each-year-to-operate-in-qatar-contract-says/|title=Texas university gets $76 million each year to operate in Qatar, contract says|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601130633/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/08/texas-university-gets-76-million-each-year-to-operate-in-qatar-contract-says/|archive-date=June 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> All degrees at the Qatar campus are granted by the university's TAMU College of Engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qatar.tamu.edu/academics/undergraduate-degrees/ |title=Undergraduate Degrees |publisher=Texas A&M Qatar |access-date=November 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028015336/http://www.qatar.tamu.edu/academics/undergraduate-degrees/ |archive-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> TAMUQ was opened in 2003, and the current contract extends through 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2012/05/25/after-10-years-qatar-m-looking-forward-10-more/|title=After 10 Years in Qatar, A&M is Ready for 10 More, by Reeve Hamilton|last=Hamilton|first=Reeve|website=[[The Texas Tribune]]|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505195340/https://www.texastribune.org/2012/05/25/after-10-years-qatar-m-looking-forward-10-more/|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The campus offers undergraduate degrees in chemical, electrical, mechanical and petroleum engineering, and a graduate degree in chemical engineering. TAMUQ has received awards for its research.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.qnrf.org/en-us/Outcomes/Success-Stories/tamuq-receives-23-research-awards|title=TAMUQ wins 23 awards|date=May 17, 2015|website=Qatari National Research Fund|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> Texas A&M receives $76.2&nbsp;million per year from the Qatar Foundation for the campus. In the agreement with the Qatar Foundation, TAMU agreed 70% of its undergraduates at its Qatar campus would be Qatari citizens.<ref name=":0" /> The curriculum is designed to emulate the academic rigors of the facility at College Station but critics question whether this is possible due to Qatar's strict stance on some of the freedoms granted to U.S. students.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Nick|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|title=In Qatar's Education City, U.S. colleges are building an academic oasis|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> TAMU has also been criticized over its Qatari campus due to Qatar's alleged ties to [[Islamic terrorism]] and the country's human rights record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges|title=Advocate questions motive behind Qatar's financial ties to U.S. colleges|date=April 8, 2016|website=Gulf News Journal|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418235507/http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges|archive-date=April 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|title=While U.S. universities see dollar signs in Qatari partnerships, some cry foul|date=September 24, 2015|website=Gulf News Journal|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004021757/http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|archive-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Texas A&M Aggie Conservatives, a campus activism group, criticized the campus and called for its immediate closure on the grounds it violated a commitment to educating Texans and diminished the credibility of engineering degrees of students at College Station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510715046-texas-a-m-faculty-unhappy-with-qatar-campus|title=Texas A&M faculty unhappy with Qatar campus|last=Nakano|first=Hanna|date=April 14, 2016|website=Gulf News Journal|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019161126/https://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510715046-texas-a-m-faculty-unhappy-with-qatar-campus|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510715168-exporting-american-higher-education-to-the-middle-east|title=Exporting American higher education to the Middle East|last=Nakano|first=Hanna|date=April 15, 2016|website=Gulf News Journal|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019161101/https://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510715168-exporting-american-higher-education-to-the-middle-east|url-status=live}}</ref> On 7 January 2024, [[Mark Welsh|Mark A. Welsh III]], President of TAMU, addressed inaccuracies and misconceptions circulating on various websites and social media platforms regarding the University and its branch campus in Qatar and shared accurate information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Correcting Misinformation About Our University {{!}} Office of the President {{!}} Texas A&M University |url=https://president.tamu.edu/messages/correcting-misinformation-about-our-university.html |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=president.tamu.edu}}</ref>

In 2013, Texas A&M signed an agreement to open a $200&nbsp;million campus in [[Nazareth]], Israel, as a "peace campus" for Arabs and Israelis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.553881|title=Texas A&M University to Establish New Campus in Nazareth|last=Skop|first=Yarden|date=October 22, 2013|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|language=en|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019161056/https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-texas-a-m-to-open-nazareth-campus-1.5278026|url-status=live}}</ref> The agreement led to protests from students at the Qatari campus, who called it "an insult to [their] people".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedailyq.org/2013/11/12/students-at-tamuq-share-opposing-views-regarding-new-campus-in-israel/|title=Students at TAMUQ share opposing views regarding new campus in Israel {{!}} The Daily Q|access-date=April 29, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531170125/http://thedailyq.org/2013/11/12/students-at-tamuq-share-opposing-views-regarding-new-campus-in-israel/|archive-date=May 31, 2016|first=Paulo|last=Fugen}}</ref> The planned campus in Nazareth was never opened; instead, Texas A&M opened a $6&nbsp;million marine biology center in [[Haifa]], Israel, in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/texas-am-kills-200-million-arab-university-in-nazareth-opens-6-million-center-in-haifa-instead/2015/12/14/|title=Texas A&M Kills $200-Million Arab University in Nazareth, Opens $6 Million Center in Haifa Instead|last=JNi.Media|date=December 14, 2015|website=[[The Jewish Press]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404052705/http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/texas-am-kills-200-million-arab-university-in-nazareth-opens-6-million-center-in-haifa-instead/2015/12/14/|archive-date=April 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>