page_title: University of Houston–Downtown
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: University of Houston–Downtown / Campus
caption_attribution_description: English: University of Houston-Downtown Shea Street Building houses the College of Business.
context_page_description: The University of Houston–Downtown is a public university in Houston, Texas. It is part of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 40 acres in Downtown Houston, with a satellite location in northwestern Harris County. Founded in 1974, UHD is the second-largest university in the Houston area with more than 14,000 students.
  The university serves students in four academic colleges. UHD offers 52 degree programs: 45 bachelors and seven masters. Awarding more than 2,400 degrees annually, the university has more than 40,000 alumni.
context_section_description: The main campus of UHD is located in eight buildings at the north end of Downtown Houston and the south end of Northside, next to the crossing of Interstate 10 and Main Street.  The university is located near the site where Houston was founded, Allen's Landing. Two of the university's buildings—One Main Building (formerly the Merchants and Manufacturers Building) and the Willow Street Pump Station—are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. UHD also offers classes online, and at three satellite campuses:
  UHD Northwest
  LSC Kingwood
  LSC Cyfair
  UHD's 2019 student ethnic demographics are 51% Hispanic, 20% African American, 14% White, 9% Asian American, 3% foreign nationals (regardless of race and/or ethnic origins), and 2% multi-racial.  60% of the student body identified as female, 40% identified as male.
  Although UHD does not have an intercollegiate varsity athletics program, it does offer its students a number of club sports and intramural sports in addition to numerous fitness programs. The Department of Sports & Fitness coordinates these activities out of the Jesse H. Jones Student Life Center located on the UHD campus. UHD's club sports teams are known as the Gators. The UHD mascot is known as Ed-U-Gator. The university and its community offer additional activities for students such as clubs, organizations, fraternities, and sororities.
  The campus of UHD is served by METRORail's UH–Downtown station on the Red Line.
caption: Shea Street Building
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