德州农工大学-金斯维尔生物与健康科学系的使命是在得克萨斯州独特的生物和文化地区提供卓越的教学，研究和服务。强大的研究和教学基础使我们能够提供生物科学方面的最新信息，包括生物医学和有机生物学方面的强大计划。一如既往，我们对学生成功的承诺。
The Mission of the Department of Biology and Health Sciences at Texas A&M University Kingsville is to provide excellence in teaching, research, and service. We are dedicated to the success of our students and the strong research base of our faculty allows us to provide strong academic and research experiences for undergraduates in cellular, molecular, and animal biology, biomedical science and human nutrition. Qualified undergraduates frequently help with our lab courses as Lab Assistants, thus gaining valuable learning and teaching experience.<br><br>Program Strengths<br>A dozen active faculty research laboratories, the majority are focused on biomedical research.<br>“Teaching through research” philosophy. Aside from graduate students, nearly every faculty lab supports undergraduate research students.<br>Growth rate of over 5% per year over the last four years.<br>Strong and highly successful pre-health advising program. Of 475 undergraduate majors, 65% are in pre-health professions preparing for careers in Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Optometry, or Physical Therapy.<br>Biology is a South Texas pipeline for students transitioning to Ph.D. or professional programs.