The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston, Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, one of multiple junior college institutions formed in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1934, HJC was restructured as a four-year degree-granting institution and renamed as the University of Houston. Today, Houston is the fourth-largest university in Texas, awarding 11,156 degrees in 2023. It has a worldwide alumni base of nearly 200,000.
UH held its first classes at San Jacinto High School in 1927
Built in 1939, the Roy G. Cullen Building is the first building on campus
University of Houston, circa 1950
A.D. Bruce Religion Center, named after the university's third president
Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Located about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59.
Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony in 2010
Sugar Land's former Imperial Sugar refinery
Oyster Creek Park
Entrance to Telfair master-planned community
