Texas A&M University College of Engineering
Former name | Dwight Look College of Engineering |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1880 |
Parent institution | Texas A&M University |
| Dean | Robert H. Bishop |
| Students | 23,595 (Fall 2023) |
| Undergraduates | 19,248 (Fall 2023) |
| Postgraduates | 4,347 (Fall 2023) |
| Website | https://engineering.tamu.edu/index.html |
The College of Engineering, formerly the Dwight Look College of Engineering, is the engineering school of Texas A&M University in College Station and is home to over 22,000 students in 15 departments.
Prior to 2016, the college was known as the Dwight Look College of Engineering. The college was named after the civil engineering graduate, Harold Dwight Look, an army veteran of World War II who later founded a construction company on the U.S. Territory of Guam, where he lived for 40 years until his death on September 5, 2002, at the age of 80.
In 1992, Look donated 1,146 acres in Guam valued at $52 million to the university. It was the largest single gift ever received by the university, which later named the engineering college after Look. It was reported that Texas A&M was looking to sell the property in 2009.