History
The multi-institution teaching center was founded in 1995 as a higher education "teaching center" of the University of Houston System. It was originally named the "Fort Bend Institute" and later the "University of Houston System at Fort Bend" prior to its name as the "University of Houston System at Sugar Land".
In 2002, the institution moved to its current 250-acre campus on University Boulevard at U.S. Highway 59 with the opening of the Albert and Mamie George Building.
On April 23, 2009, a $37 million USD facility was opened on the campus dubbed "Brazos Hall" housing the Sugar Land campus of Wharton County Junior College.
Originally approved in May of 2006, the Fort Bend County Libraries system opened their University Branch at the UHSL campus on November 10, 2011. The library serves as a joint-use facility between both the public and university students.
On November 16, 2011, the University of Houston System announced that the University of Houston as an institution would replace the university system as the administrative entity for the teaching center. With this action, the campus was renamed the "University of Houston Sugar Land" as of January 2012.
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