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University of Houston
University of Houston (UH) 
The University of Houston is the state's premier urban teaching and
research institution. The largest and most comprehensive component of The
University of Houston System, UH serves more than 30,000 students in 14
colleges and a host of schools and programs offering 291 undergraduate,
graduate and professional degrees. UH conducts basic research in each
academic department and operates more than 40 research centers and
institutes on campus. Through these facilities, UH maintains creative
partnerships with government and private industry. The interdisciplinary
research conducted at UH breaks new ground in such vital areas as
superconductivity, space commercialization, biomedical engineering,
economics, education, petroleum exploration and management. Libraries at
UH provide abundant resources for research with total collective holdings
of more than 1.8 million volumes, 3.1 million microfilm units, 15,000
research journal subscriptions and various other research materials. A
computerized catalog system links all four UH System libraries and the
specialized libraries at UH. A computer network links more than 4,000
workstations across campus.
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