Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Announces Relocation and Expansion of the TTUHSC School of Nursing Mansfield Instructional Site

New Location Expands Nursing Education Capacity, Strengthens Regional Workforce Pipeline

• By Melissa Whitfield
• August 25, 2026
• Education

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and the City of Mansfield announced a new collaboration to relocate and expand the TTUHSC School of Nursing’s existing Mansfield instructional site during the Mansfield City Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 24. The expansion, developed in partnership with the Mansfield Texas Economic Development Corporation, will move the instructional site to The Mansfield Innovation Community (The MIC) within The LinQ Innovation District. The new third-floor space will provide approximately 33,000 square feet of space for classrooms, a state-of-the-art simulation lab and student collaboration spaces.

The building will be completed by fall 2027.

“We are excited to expand our presence in Mansfield and grow as a resource that responds to the city’s specific healthcare needs,” Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., TTUHSC president, said. “Nurses are in short supply in Mansfield and nationwide, and this partnership creates an opportunity for our great university to prepare more innovative nurses, strengthen the healthcare workforce and ultimately expand access to quality care for the people who call this region home.”

In 2021, the School of Nursing expanded its program to Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. The community’s response was strong and profound, and the program quickly outgrew its original 2,100-square-foot location as the region’s need for healthcare professionals continued to grow. By moving its educational operations, the School of Nursing can expand its academic programs without requiring additional space and allow the hospital to use its existing footprint for additional clinical services.

“This is an opportunity to use our academic engine to help address a critical care need in the region,” Darrin D’Agostino, D.O., TTUHSC provost and executive vice president of academics, said. “By working with the City of Mansfield, the Mansfield Texas Economic Development Corporation and our community partners, we can grow the number of nurses we educate while helping bring more healthcare professionals to the region. This academic initiative is going to help save lives and provide quality healthcare.”

The announcement featured remarks from leaders from TTUHSC, the School of Nursing and the City of Mansfield and community leaders and partners.

“The Mansfield City Council understands that building a future-forward community requires collaboration,” Councilman Brent Newsom said. “By partnering with TTUHSC, The Mansfield Innovation Community and other key stakeholders from the outset, we can lay a strong foundation that creates opportunities for the residents of today while preparing Mansfield to be an even better place to live, work and play for generations to come.”

The university plans to continue recruiting students from Mansfield and surrounding communities, supporting a regional workforce strategy designed to educate healthcare professionals who understand the unique health needs of the communities they serve.

“We don’t see academics and clinical care as separate pieces,” D’Agostino said. “They are part of the same healthcare ecosystem. Expanding our nursing education capacity while creating additional opportunities for clinical services changes the health landscape in Mansfield and benefits the community.”

The new location gives TTUHSC the space and capacity to build on its relationship with the City of Mansfield while creating new opportunities for students, the healthcare community and the region.

“The story of old Mansfield was that children would grow up here, go away for college, find work somewhere else, and stay there, but thanks to our partners, that is changing,” Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans said. “By expanding our partnership with TTUHSC, it is my hope that more people are offered the opportunity and the pathway to develop an interest in nursing here, practice here and then graduate and become registered nurses here in Mansfield.”

The MIC is a five-story, approximately 150,000-square-foot development designed to bring together healthcare, life sciences, education, entrepreneurship, innovation and industry within The LinQ. TTUHSC’s presence is expected to provide opportunities for future expansion of curriculum and programming in response to the needs of Mansfield and the surrounding communities.

Classes at The MIC are scheduled to begin in Spring 2028.