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词条 Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
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Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
school, Normal, Alabama, United States
byname Alabama A&M University
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Normal, Alabama, U.S., a historically black school. The university comprises the schools of Graduate Studies and Extended Education, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Engineering and Technology. It offers a range of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs. University College provides services for new students. Research facilities include the Center of Excellence in Nonlinear Optics and Nonlinear Optical Materials, Howard J. Foster Center for Irradiation of Materials, and the Center for Forestry and Ecology. The university is the home of the State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum, which collects materials on African American history and culture. Total enrollment is more than 5,000.
The university was founded in 1875 in Huntsville as the Huntsville Normal School. In 1891 the school moved to the Normal campus, was designated a land-grant (land-grant college) school for African Americans, and was renamed State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes. The college was re-formed as a junior college in 1919 and became a four-year college in 1939. Its name was changed to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1948, and it was granted university status in 1969.
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