Study at the University of Texas

The University of Texas is a public research university, which campus is located only 0.25 km away from the Texas State Capitol. It holds a first place in the state of Texas in terms of enrollment, with 51, 233 students enrolled in 2010; nationally, it has the fifth largest single-campus enrollment.

The University of Texas at Austin was founded in 1883, while in 1929 it was included in the American Association of Universities. Except for being a principal center for academic research, there are Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Price, and Wolf Prize laureates among the members of the faculty.  The J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory are some of the facilities the university prides itself with. Furthermore, there are seven museums and seventeen libraries under its wing.

As far as rankings are concerned, the university ranked 45th in the U.S. News and World Report, while it took 13th place among public universities in 2010. In terms of the programs it offers, The McCombs School of Business was ranked seventh among undergraduate business programs in 2010, and the Cockrell School of Engineering was ranked ninth among undergraduate engineering programs in 2009. In international terms, the ‘World’s Best Universities’ placed the school in 70th place, and it was also ranked 38th in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where factors like Nobel laureate affiliation and number of highly cited researchers were considered. In 2009, The Economist ranked the school 49th worldwide. A final important point to mention is that the school is well-known for its sports achievement, some examples of which are the 19 Olympic medals UT Austin athletes won in 2004 in Athens. Overall, 88 Olympic medals have been won by the school. In 2002, Sports Illustrated named the school as ‘America’s Best Sports College.