University of Texas - Austin

Like the state it calls home, The University of Texas at Austin is a bold, ambitious leader. Ranked among the biggest and best research universities in the country, UT Austin is home to more than 51,000 students and 3,000 teaching faculty. Here, tradition and innovation blend seamlessly to provide students with a robust collegiate experience. Amid the backdrop of Austin, Texas, a city recognized for its creative and entrepreneurial spirit, the university provides a place to explore countless opportunities for tomorrow’s artists, scientists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers.

Both in and out of the classroom, the university aims to encourage discussion and debate, provide opportunities for intellectual partnerships, and offer an enriching and mind-expanding experience. With more than 3,000 esteemed faculty members, dozens of highly ranked degrees and programs, incomparable campus resources, state-of-the-art facilities, an emphasis on diverse perspectives, and several special initiatives designed to boost academic success. The University of Texas at Austin offers bachelor’s degree-seekers more than 170 fields of study across 13 colleges and schools and with 78 doctoral and 116 master's degree programs from engineering and business to arts, sciences and humanities, the Graduate School transforms lives of the students.

The University is proud to be one of the world's leading research universities. UT researchers work to fight and treat diseases, devise solutions to global problems, address critically important social issues and improve the human condition in myriad ways. The world-class resources include extensive grant and funding opportunities, broad support networks dedicated to turning ideas into products and companies, and state-of-the-art labs, studios and facilities.

The college experience at the University of Texas at Austin isn't just about what takes place in the classroom, lab and library. The university offers thousands of ways to supplement student’s studies through more than 1,100 student organizations, three different legislative student groups, 70-plus sororities and fraternities, the largest student-run newspaper in the nation, hundreds of intramural and club sports teams and leagues, outdoor adventure and climbing trips, and so much more.

The UT Austin is an immense and beautiful world all its own and with dozens of museums, libraries, centers, institutes and special venues spread across the campus and the city, each with its own unique exhibits and programming, students will never be bored. With more than 200 venues and dozens of shows every day and night, Austin lives up to its reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World and that's not to mention Austin's many museums, galleries and theaters sprinkled all across the city.