Baylor University

Baylor University, private, coeducational institution in Waco, Texas. The school was founded in 1845 in Independence, Texas, as the Texas Baptist Educational Society. In 1886 it was moved to Waco, where it was consolidated with Waco University, and its present name was adopted. The university is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

The university confers bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees in a broad range of fields. It offers courses of study in the arts and sciences, the fine arts, business administration and management, computer science, technical writing, education, engineering, aviation technology, biblical languages, religious studies, physical sciences, health sciences, public administration, recreation and leisure services, and performing arts.

Research facilities at the university include the Renewable Aviation Fuels Development Center, the Institute of Archaeology, the Institute of Biblical and Related Languages, the Institute of Biomedical Studies, the Institute of Church-State Studies, and the Institute for Oral History. Armstrong Browning Library, on the Waco campus, contains a collection of art and materials related to the English literary figures Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.