Motto |
Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis (Latin for "Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy") |
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Type | State university system |
Established | 1876 |
Endowment | $24.203 billion (2016) |
Chancellor | Admiral William H. McRaven (Ret.) |
Academic staff
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17,158 |
Administrative staff
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62,982 |
Undergraduates | 167,028 |
Postgraduates | 54,309 |
Colors | Navy blue, orange, and tan |
Website | www |
The University of Texas System (UT System) encompasses 14 educational institutions in the U.S. state of Texas, of which eight are academic universities and six are health institutions. The UT System is headquartered in Austin, and has a total enrollment of over 216,000 students (largest university system in Texas) and employs more than 87,000 faculty and staff. The UT System's $36 billion endowment (as of May 31, 2016) is the largest of any public university system in the United States.
The University of Texas System has eight separate and distinct academic institutions; each institution is a stand-alone university and confers its own degrees. Its flagship institution is The University of Texas at Austin.
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg campus)
The University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Tyler
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
On June 14, 2013, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed SB 24 into law, officially approving the creation of a new university in South Texas within the UT System, officially replacing UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American. The initiative resulted in a single institution, including a medical school, spanning the entire Rio Grande Valley, with a presence in each of the major metropolitan areas of Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen, and McAllen. On December 12, 2013, the UT Board of Regents voted to name the new university the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The new university began full operation in the 2015–16 school year.