University of Texas at Austin research is changing the way people live in Texas and around the world, from providing tools for homeland security to advancing the frontiers of emerging sciences.

Long known for excellence in research, The University of Texas at Austin is staking out leadership in nanoscale science and technologies, biomedical engineering and bioscience and computational science and engineering.

Overall, the university has more than 90 research units including the recently formed Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group. Off-campus research facilities include the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in North Austin, the Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas and the McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis.

Annual research funding exceeds $380 million and more than 400 patents have been awarded to the university since its inception. Since 1984, more than 40 $1 million endowed chairs have been created at The University of Texas at Austin to recruit internationally recognized faculty.