The University of Houston–Downtown (also referred to as UH–Downtown or UHD) is a public four-year university in Houston. It is one of four separate institutions in the University of Houston System. With an enrollment of 12,283 students, UHD is the fourteenth-largest university in Texas.
In 1942, the University of Houston's College of Business Administration added a branch campus in Downtown Houston dubbed the "Downtown Business School". Located a...
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The University of Houston–Downtown (also referred to as UH–Downtown or UHD) is a public four-year university in Houston. It is one of four separate institutions in the University of Houston System. With an enrollment of 12,283 students, UHD is the fourteenth-largest university in Texas.
In 1942, the University of Houston's College of Business Administration added a branch campus in Downtown Houston dubbed the "Downtown Business School". Located at 705 Fannin Street, it soon became known as simply "Downtown School".
On August 6, 1974, the University of Houston acquired the assets of South Texas Junior College, moved the Downtown School to the location and opened the "University of Houston Downtown College" (UHDC) as a four-year institution. South Texas Junior College's president, W.I. Dykes, later became the namesake of UHD's library. By 1977, the university had an enrollment of 4,500. In 1979, the Texas Legislature approved UHDC as a freestanding university from UH within the UH...
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