University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin

Former names	The University of Texas (1881–1967)
Motto	Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Latin)
Motto in English	A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.
Type	Flagship state university Space-grant university
Established	September 15, 1883
Endowment	$3.395 billion (2016)
President	Gregory L. Fenves
Provost	Maurie McInnis
Academic staff	3,090 (2015)
Administrative staff	11,645 (2015)
Students	50,950 (2015)
Undergraduates	39,619 (2015)
Postgraduates	11,331 (2015)
Location	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Newspaper	The Daily Texan
Colors	Burnt orange and white
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Big 12
Sports	18 varsity teams
Nickname	Longhorns
Mascot	Bevo
Affiliations	UT System AAU URA SURA ORAU APLU
Website	www.utexas.edu

The University of Texas at Austin, informally UT Austin, UT, University of Texas, or Texas in sports contexts, is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. Founded in 1881 as "The University of Texas," its campus is in Austin, Texas—approximately 1 mile (1,600 m) from the Texas State Capitol. The institution has the nation's seventh-largest single-campus enrollment, with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 24,000 faculty and staff.

UT Austin was inducted into the American Association of Universities in 1929, becoming only the third university in the American South to be elected. It is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures exceeding $550 million for the 2014–2015 school year. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory. Among university faculty are recipients of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, the Wolf Prize, the Emmy Award, the Turing Award, and the National Medal of Science, as well as many other awards.

UT Austin student athletes compete as the Texas Longhorns and are members of the Big 12 Conference. Its Longhorn Network is the only sports network featuring the college sports of a single university. The Longhorns have won four NCAA Division I National Football Championships, six NCAA Division I National Baseball Championships and has claimed more titles in men's and women's sports than any other school in the Big 12 since the league was founded in 1996.