Texas Southern University, public, coeducational institution in Houston, Texas. The school was founded in 1947. 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, textiles, photography, music, radio and television studies, performing arts, architecture, engineering, environmental engineering, drafting, automotive technology, aviation administration, business administration and management, secretarial studies, computer sciences, telecommunications, construction technology, law, education, medicine, dietetics, education, fashion merchandising, health services administration, home economics, medical technology, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, physical education, public administration, public affairs, and transportation technology.