State coordinating board approves UTSA chemistry doctorate
(Nov. 9, 2004)--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved plans for a new doctoral program in chemistry at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
"The new Ph.D. is important to the development of a balanced program of teaching and research in the College of Sciences," said Bill Baker, interim dean of the UTSA College of Sciences.
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RSS FeedsThe program will produce chemists with a strong foundation in chemistry and research experience that integrates chemistry with biological systems, including biotechnology and biomedical applications. Graduates from the program will help fill leadership and employment needs in local, state and national academic and research institutions and private companies.
"This is a big step forward for the Department of Chemistry and UTSA's endeavor to become a top-tier research institution, as well as for the development of the San Antonio scientific community," said Judith Walmsley, chair of the UTSA Department of Chemistry. "Chemistry is considered to be the central science in that it is an important aspect of the other physical and biological sciences."
UTSA now has 12 doctoral degree programs in neurobiology, cell and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, counselor education and supervision, educational leadership, culture, literacy and language, business administration, electrical engineering, English, biomedical engineering, and environmental science and engineering.
One of the fastest-growing major universities in the United States and a leader in providing access to higher education for Hispanics, UTSA President Ricardo Romo recently outlined a far-reaching plan to add research faculty recruited from top-tier institutions and dramatically increase the number of doctoral programs and research centers at the university.
As the university celebrates its 35th anniversary, UTSA continues its mission to become one of the premier research universities in the nation by 2010 with the aid of $750 million dollars in planned construction projects at both the 1604 and Downtown campuses.