The University of Texas at Austin offers a high-caliber education in a vast array of academic fields. More than 50,000 students come here each year to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees. Few institutions can match the range of opportunities available to students on this multicultural campus that is home to some of the world's leading teachers and researchers as well as world-renowned libraries and museums, performing arts and big-time college sports.
For the past several years, the university has been implementing changes that expose undergraduates to the very best teachers and the most stimulating ideas and resources available on the campus. We have reformed our curriculum over the past five years.
More recently, under the Course Transformation Program, the university is applying educational technology in ways that enhance the classroom experience and fosters learning at an accelerated pace. This initiative will expand opportunities for academic success in our large lower division courses.
Explore Some of Our Ventures
- Academics
- Academy of Distinguished Teachers
- First-rate Faculty
- First-year Signature Courses
- Freshman Research Initiative
- UTeach Natural Sciences
- UTeach Liberal Arts
- UTeach Engineering
- UTeach Institute
- Charles A. Dana Center
Read and Be Inspired
- Change by Design
- A New Lens on the American Experience
- Two MacArthur Fellows, One Signature Class
- Adventures in Learning
- The Snakes Among Us
- Creators of Tomorrow
- The Write Thing
- Contributions in Space: Past and Present
- Texas Venture Labs Bridges Engineering and Business
Learn More
- Texas Reaps Twice as Much as It Pays for University of Texas at Austin Faculty - 12 November 2011
- University of Texas at Austin Among the Most Efficient Universities in the Nation - 1 September 2011
- Seven "Breakthrough Solutions" by Dean Randy Diehl, College of Liberal Arts - July 2011
- What Higher Ed Critics Don’t See: A UT Professor’s Perspective by American Studies Associate Professor Randolph Lewis - The Alcalde, July 1, 2011
- Tug of War Over Teaching: The Goal Is Proficiency by Middle Eastern Studies Department Chair Kristen Brustad - Houston Chronicle, June 18, 2011
- Guest Column: Another Look at UT Productivity Report - Texas Tribune, June 9, 2011
- UT Austin Among Nation's Most Productive Universities
- Innovation in Undergraduate Education (PDF) by Dr. Gretchen Ritter, vice provost for undergraduate education and faculty governance - May 2011
- Report of the Task Force on Curricular Reform Recommends Changes in Core Curriculum
- Second Task Force on Enrollment Strategy Recommends Improving Time to Graduation
- The University of Texas at Austin Establishes New School of Undergraduate Studies
- Faculty Council at The University of Texas at Austin Approves Proposed Changes on Curricular Reform