The Southwest Border Security Consortium (SBSC) is a joint venture of nine U.S.

United States

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 universities in the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to develop and promote scientific and policy solutions to issues facing the United States-Mexico border region.

The SBSC is also addressing border issues by offering a comprehensive, multi-institutional set of capabilities to relevant agencies such as the federal departments of Homeland Security

United States Department of Homeland Security

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, Defense

United States Department of Defense

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, Energy

United States Department of Energy

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 and Transportation

United States Department of Transportation

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.

New Mexico

• New Mexico State University
  New Mexico State University
  New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
  
  
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
  New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a university located in Socorro, New Mexico....
  
  
• University of New Mexico
  University of New Mexico
  The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
  
  

Texas

• Texas A&M University
  Texas A&M University
  Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
  
  
• University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
  University of Texas at El Paso
  The University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
  
  
• University of Texas at San Antonio
  University of Texas at San Antonio
  The University of Texas at San Antonio, commonly referred to as UTSA, is a state university in San Antonio, Texas. With an enrollment of more than 30,000 students, it is the third-largest of nine universities and six health institutions in the University of Texas System and the eighth-largest in...
  
  

External links

• The SBSC Announcement Brochure (2006)