Texas A&M University is a public land-grant research university. It provides academics and education services in the life sciences, law, business, medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary, government and public services, art, engineering, and other disciplines. The university also engages in the research in areas such as climate and environment, computation and information, global health and security, energy, material and manufacturing, education, etc. Texas A&M University also operates an athletics department that specializes in baseball, golf, tennis, swimming and diving, football, soccer, and other sports.