Sea Aggies study on Pelican Island at Texas A&M University at Galveston, the ocean-oriented branch campus spread out in front of you. Here students known affectionately as "Sea Aggies" pursue both undergraduate and graduate degrees in programs that are, above all, ocean-focused. As a branch campus, students at this campus share many benefits with students attending the TAMU campus in the city of College Station.
This is the home of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, and you can sense the maritime focus in the training and facilities. The campus hosts a Navy-option-only NROTC unit on site; Marine Corps-option cadets must attend the main campus in College Station. It also hosts a Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program unit, which provides a pathway to commission into the Coast Guard upon graduation, as they do not have an ROTC program.
The institution began in 1962 as a marine laboratory and as the home of the Texas Maritime Academy of Texas A&M University, and in 1965 the federal government donated the first training ship, the Texas Clipper. In 1968 the campus was expanded. Picture the Texas Clipper docking here in 1965, the academy's first training ship donated by the federal government.