Louisiana Tech University, colloquially referred to as
Louisiana Tech or
La. Tech, is a
coeducational public research
university in
Ruston, Louisiana, United States. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier One national university by the 2016
U.S. News & World Report college rankings and is the only Tier One national university in the nine-member
University of Louisiana System. As a designated
space grant college, member of the
Southeastern Universities Research Association, member of the
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and
Carnegie Research University with high research activity (RU/H), Louisiana Tech conducts research with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as
NASA, the
National Institutes of Health, the
National Science Foundation, the
Department of Defense, and the
Federal Aviation Administration. Louisiana Tech is one of less than 50 comprehensive research universities in the nation and the only university in Louisiana to be designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research and a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education and Research by the
National Security Agency (NSA) and the
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The university is known for its
engineering and science programs.