The institution is separately accredited, offers its own academic programs and confers its own degrees, and has its own administration. The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is one of four separate and distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. The office of the president of the University of Houston–Clear Lake, held by interim President Richard Walker, was created with the establishment of the university in 1971 as the chief executive officer of the institution.Ĭoat of arms of University of Houston–Clear Lake The university began offering freshman and sophomore classes in fall 2014. The bill was passed and signed into law by Gov. In January 2011, Senate Bill 324 was filed in the 82nd Texas Legislature for the institution's downward expansion by adding freshman and sophomore course offerings. During the 73rd Texas Legislature in 1993, an unsuccessful attempt was made by the City of Pasadena to change the institution's name to the University of Houston at Pasadena. The University of Houston at Clear Lake City was renamed University of Houston–Clear Lake on April 26, 1983.
In 1977 the 65th Texas Legislature established the University of Houston System that included UH/CLC as a component institution. The first-class day enrollment was 1,069 students with 60 professors comprised the charter faculty.
The Bayou Building opened in September 1974 and classes began at UH/CLC under the leadership of the institution's founding president, Alfred R. On June 1, 1974, the Clear Lake Graduate Center facility became part of UH/CLC and took on the name "Arbor Building". The first phase construction of the Bayou Building for the University of Houston at Clear Lake City (UH/CLC) began early in 1974. The Clear Lake Graduate Center opened in January 1972. Four years later in 1971, the 62nd Texas Legislature passed House Bill 199 authorizing the creation of the University of Houston at Clear Lake City as a separate and distinct degree-granting institution. In addition, the Coordinating Board called for the creation of a stand-alone university in Clear Lake to offer upper-division and graduate-level programs adjacent to CLGC. In 1968 the Coordinating Board of Texas College and University System authorized the University of Houston to build the Clear Lake Graduate Center (CLGC) on the original 50-acre (200,000 m 2). to become the University of Houston at Clear Lake City. A total of 487 acres (1.97 km 2) would be donated from the Friendswood Development Corp. Humble Oil responded by donating 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of land in the Clear Lake City development to the University of Houston for the establishment of a permanent undergraduate and graduate facility.
Hoffman replied that "… it would be difficult for us to be unresponsive to vital needs of the MSC and its staff," but indicated that "the acquisition of appropriate land in the Clear Lake City area would be of crucial importance to this project." Gilruth formally requested that the University of Houston give immediate consideration to the establishment of a permanent graduate and undergraduate educational facility in the Clear Lake area. In 1964 the University of Houston (UH) began offering courses in physics, math, and various engineering programs to NASA employees at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Early in the development of the Manned Spacecraft Center, a demand for graduate studies grew within NASA and the nearby space-related industries. In 1961 NASA announced that the Manned Spacecraft Center would be located in Houston just off the shores of Clear Lake. Awarding more than 2,100 degrees annually, the university's alumni base exceeds 73,000. UHCL offers 97 degree programs: 46 bachelors, 48 masters, and three doctoral. The university serves students in four academic colleges. Founded in 1971, UHCL had an enrollment of more than 9,000 students for fall 2019. It is part of the University of Houston System. The University of Houston–Clear Lake ( UHCL) is a public university in Houston, Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland and Texas Medical Center.
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