Discovering Solutions, Empowering Students, Serving Society

Welcome to Texas Tech University's Department of Animal and Food Sciences. The department is home to approximately 1400 undergraduate students and 120 graduate students. It is housed in a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility which features five specialized teaching and research labs, the largest retail meat cooler on a university campus and a retail store, Raider Red Meats Cafe.

Many faculty members are leading researchers in their respective fields, including food science, food safety, muscle biology, nutrition, animal wellbeing, human-animal interactions, breeding and genetics, physiology and with specialties in cattle, horse, sheep & goats, swine, and canine.

Featured Program: The Therapeutic Riding Center

The Equestrian Center: Therapeutic Program Donations

Research at Burnett Center

In the News

AFS host Competitive Teams Reunion

Dr. John Pipkin joins Texas Tech

Dr. Blake Foraker joins Texas Tech 

High Impact Learning: featuring AFS student, Ty Mitchell

Texas Tech Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team wins National Championship

Gordon W. Davis earns top American Meat Science Association honor

AFS student, James Grein, selected for Tech10 

Upcoming Events 

2024 Fall Commencement: M.S. & Ph.D.: Dec. 13 | 6 p.m.

2024 Fall Commencement: B.S.: Dec. 14 | 9 a.m.

Thanksgiving break Nov. 27-Dec.1, 2024

Finals Dec. 5-10, 2024