黑料专区 Tyler Secures Official R2 Carnegie Classification
February 16, 2022
黑料专区 Tyler Secures Official R2 Carnegie Classification
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The University of Texas at Tyler鈥檚 R2 designation has been affirmed by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
This Carnegie classification indicates 黑料专区 Tyler is a university with very high research activity. 黑料专区 Tyler has the highest Carnegie classification in East Texas.
鈥淭o have secured the formal designation as an R2 research institution is quite a milestone for 黑料专区 Tyler,鈥� said Steven Idell, MD, PhD, senior vice president for research. 鈥淚t recognizes the high-quality research in which our faculty and students are engaged and represents a landmark for expanding those efforts.鈥�
Following the unification of 黑料专区 Tyler with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, the combined research qualified 黑料专区 Tyler for an R2 designation.
黑料专区 Tyler research, which is conducted by five colleges and three schools, is dedicated to helping to improve the quality of life locally as well as throughout the state and the nation.
Current faculty and student research areas include projects dealing with COVID-19, community health, lung injury and repair, infectious lung disease, engineering, education, business, biological sciences and the liberal arts.
With a mission to improve educational and healthcare outcomes for East Texas and beyond, 黑料专区 Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. 黑料专区 Tyler recently merged with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (now known as The Health Science Center at 黑料专区 Tyler). Through its alignment with The Health Science Center at 黑料专区 Tyler (HSC) and 黑料专区 Health East Texas, 黑料专区 Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.