The College of Arts and Sciences is central to Texas A&M's mission to develop and transfer new knowledge through research. Our faculty, students, and research staff are driven by the spirit of discovery and dedicated to expanding the frontiers of scholarship, from the physical and social sciences to languages and the humanities.

Research conducted at Texas A&M generated annual expenditures of more than $1.278 billion in fiscal year 2023, paced by research grants in the life and earth sciences. Texas A&M ranked 13th in the most recent National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey based on expenditures of more than $1.278 billion in fiscal year 2023. The College of Arts and Sciences is responsible for more than $133 million (2024) of that research, including millions in indirect cost return that is reinvested in new and continuing projects.

$133M Research Awards (2024)

The College of Arts & Sciences houses 28% of Texas A&M’s doctoral students

Association of American Universities (AAU) Top 10

Chemistry, Economics, Philosophy, Geography & Statistics

Our faculty are the heart of our college — our greatest asset — to the students, people and communities they ultimately touch through their passion, creativity, teaching, research and service.

Beyond our important service teaching and research roles, the College of Arts and Sciences has a well-established reputation in educational outreach designed to share our scholarship and inspire scientific curiosity among future Aggies and the population at large.

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