The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world's leading research universities,pursuing discovery in an impressive range of fields. Since 1929, it has been a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), a group of 60 of the nation's best “Tier One” research universities.
Some of the world’s brightest and most talented faculty members come to the university to push back the frontier of knowledge in science, the arts and humanities, public policy, business and engineering. Their work also ensures that students are learning about the latest developments in their fields.
The university today is building on its rich tradition of research by investing in new interdisciplinary centers and launching promising new ventures to address some of the world's most pressing problems and to expand artistic, cultural and intellectual expression.
Explore Some of Our Ventures
- Ranger Supercomputer
- Texas Petawatt Laser
- DigiMorph
- Harry Ransom Center
- Texas Natural Science Center
- Further Findings Research Blog
Read and Be Inspired
- Smooth Talkers
- The Best Medicine
- The Burden of the Bullied
- Professor Lisa Koonce: Teacher, Mentor, Guide
- Close to the Land
- Spotlight on Undergraduate Research: Martinique Jones
- Spotlight on Undergraduate Research: Jose Ybarra
- Archives of the Future
- The Information Superhighway Fast Lane
- Cosmic Time Machine
- Turning Over a New Leaf
- Fueled by the Sun
- Getting Your Nerve Back
- Powered by the Sun and Student Creativity
- One Researcher is Beating Breast Cancer's Odds
- The Air Inside
Learn More
- Texas Reaps Twice as Much as It Pays for University of Texas at Austin Faculty - 12 November 2011
- Seven "Breakthrough Solutions" by Dean Randy Diehl, College of Liberal Arts - July 2011
- Keep Research Weird by Neurobiology Professor Harold Zakon - Austin American-Statesman, June 15, 2011
- Two Texas Professors on Why Academic Research Matters by Middle Eastern Studies Professors Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard - Austin American-Statesman, May 14, 2011
- The Impact of Humanities and Social Science Research (PDF) by Dean Randy Diehl, College of Liberal Arts - Spring 2011
- Four Questions on the Labor Economics of Higher Education (PDF) by Economics Professor Daniel S. Hamermesh - November 2005
- Research at The University of Texas at Austin