Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, or Texas A&M–Corpus Christi or often TAMU–CC, is a state university locate in Corpus Christi, Texas. The university is part of the Texas A&M University System. TAMU-CC was formerly known at various times by one of the following three names: Corpus Christi State University, Texas A&I University at Corpus Christi, and the University of Corpus Christi (a Baptist university founded in 1947) before joining the Texas A&M University system. The school did not become a public university until 1973, when the Baptist General Convention of Texas sold it to the state.