Primary Institutional Message
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.
Now inclusive of UT San Antonio Health Science Center and UT Health San Antonio, the region’s only academic health center and one of the nation’s leading health sciences institutions that includes a health system, UT San Antonio is home to a multidisciplinary health system that drives innovation across patient care, research, and health profession education. From cancer to neuroscience, dentistry and oral health to primary care and surgical specialties, the university’s clinicians, health professionals, researchers and scientists, and educators are delivering life-changing impact in communities across a 38-county region.
With more than 17,000 faculty and staff and a student body of over 40,000 learners, the university offers more than 350 highly competitive degree and certificate programs spanning liberal arts, engineering, business, public health, medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health, biomedical sciences and more. It is a comprehensive institution focused on developing future leaders who will drive innovation and create solutions that strengthen communities and transform lives. Through nearly $486 million in annual research expenditures, a growing $1.3 billion endowment, and a $7 billion annual economic impact, UT San Antonio stands as a catalyst for prosperity, health and innovation — fueling discovery, industry, and opportunity throughout San Antonio, South Texas and the nation.
Rooted in one of the country’s most dynamic and diverse metropolitan areas, UT San Antonio reflects the belief that great cities need great universities. With a unified academic and health mission, UT San Antonio delivers on its promise to improve lives through education, research and compassionate care — today and for generations to come.
Alternate Institutional Message
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a world-class Carnegie R1 institution grounded in excellence in education, transdisciplinary research and discovery, and healthcare. As the third-largest research university in the state of Texas, UT San Antonio is an institution of both access and excellence. It works to create opportunities that advance social mobility, catalyze innovation and commercialization, and create impact at scale to make lives better.
One of the most comprehensive universities in Texas, UT San Antonio is distributed across six campuses, including UT San Antonio Health Science Center, which serves as the region’s only academic health center and leads in transdisciplinary biomedical research, patient care and health professions education. UT San Antonio encompasses more than 17,000 employees, including more than 4,000 faculty, 40,000 students, and offers more than 350 highly competitive degrees and certificates.
UT San Antonio’s unique attributes and future-focused model position it as an exemplar for maximizing both access and excellence to create immense impact for the communities it serves. Notably, the institution invests annual research expenditures of about $486 million and an endowment of approximately $1.3 billion.
The university is emblematic of the notion that great cities need great universities to propel forward. Located in the seventh-largest city in the country, UT San Antonio offers multidisciplinary academic programs, collaborative translational research and expanded healthcare to improve lives throughout communities in South Texas and beyond.