West Texas A&M University
（重定向自West Texas State University）
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![West Texas A&M University Old Main Building](/Images/godic/202502/20/Canyon_Texas_-_WTAMU_-_Old_Main_Building2457.jpg")
![Georgia O'Keefe, Head of the WTAMU Art Department, 1916–1918](/Images/godic/202502/20/Georgia_O'Keefe_UVa2457.jpg")
![Old Main building on the campus of West Texas A&M University after construction of the Original Texans marble buffalo fountain](/Images/godic/202502/20/West_Texas_A&M_University,_Old_Main_and_Buffalo_Statue,_20142457.jpg")
West Texas A&M University, also known as WTAMU, WT, and formerly West Texas State, part of the Texas A&M University System, is a public university located in Canyon, Texas, a city of 13,303 approximately 13 miles south of Amarillo, a city of 190,695. The university is part of the Amarillo metropolitan area with a population of 268,893. West Texas A&M University was established on September 20, 1910, and was originally known as West Texas State Normal College. The university started out as one of the seven state-funded teacher colleges in Texas.