As we usher in a new era for our university, we also remain steadfast in our shared commitment to making lives better — for our students, faculty, staff, patients and community at large.
In an interview with Invest:, Taylor Eighmy, president of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), discussed the integration of the two Tier One research institutions.
Today, I’m proud to announce our new President's Cabinet — a group of incredible leaders and deep subject matter experts who will drive our divisions, colleges, schools, departments and teams forward as we strive to become a model for exemplary public research universities nationwide.
Today marks a truly momentous day in our university’s history. As the third-largest research university in Texas, we stand ready to serve our community with an unparalleled spirit of discovery, innovation, education and care. Today, we launch a new era — together — as UT San Antonio.
The beginning of each semester always brings great excitement; however, this fall is especially momentous given our forthcoming merger with UT Health San Antonio.
Over the past year, our Brand & Marketing Task Force and Communications Task Force — working in close partnership with the strategic consulting firm Prophet and numerous colleagues across both campuses—have been building something truly extraordinary. The result is a visionary brand narrative that reflects our aspirations as one new, united powerhouse institution.
Over the last several months, we’ve shared the initial framework and adjustments of the new university leadership structure for our merged institution. While those important efforts continue, we’ve decided to expedite the appointment of two key leaders as well as launch our new President’s Cabinet and shared governance bodies in advance of September 1.
UTSA stands ready to offer support and resources as we struggle with this devastating tragedy.
As many of you know, our neighboring communities in the Hill Country along the Guadalupe River are experiencing devastating impacts from severe flooding. In the days and weeks ahead, many of our community members will need tremendous support.
The 89th Texas Legislative regular session has concluded, allowing me the opportunity to update you about the session and matters that will impact us, particularly around the state budget passed by Senate Bill 1 and signed into law by Governor Abbott.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), our institutional accreditor for quality assurance in higher education, has officially approved the merger of The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
An important message from university leadership, which includes updates on the state of our research enterprise and reflections on its future direction.
Congratulations on finishing the spring semester strong! I know how hard you’ve worked to get here, and I’m deeply proud of the progress you’re making each day to achieve your bold academic and personal goals.
Today I am writing to share an update to the leadership structure for our new, unified university, as announced earlier this year.
As we continue our planning efforts and prepare for subsequent phases, we’ve reached a point in the process where we must create an internal framework to support current and future integration efforts.
During SAAM, UTSA offers various events and resources on campus to promote healing, advocacy, prevention and survivor support.
Provost and Executive Vice President Shipley, Executive Vice President Salazar and I are organizing a series of town halls hosted by leadership for conversations with divisions, colleges and governance groups that will take place throughout the month of March. Please keep an eye out in the coming days for an announcement with dates and times.
The following divisions and leaders, alongside many of our colleagues, will begin their work during this transition phase in preparation for Day 1 of integration on September 1, 2025.
I am writing to share a brief update on our work to merge UTSA and UT Health San Antonio and our drive toward building one preeminent public research university.
Effective September 1, 2025, the Executive Cabinet for our new institution will be established with the following initial structure, and we expect that it will evolve and expand as the institution’s large-scale operational functions, needs and priorities become more defined over time.
Today I’m writing to share the latest updates regarding the integration of UTSA and UT Health San Antonio, including the forthcoming launch of a new task force, several new working groups and three new FAQs.
The University of Texas System is pleased to share the following announcement with the UTSA community.
President Eighmy is pleased to share the following announcement with the UTSA and UT Health San Antonio campus communities.
We hope you had the opportunity to recharge over the winter break and celebrate the new year in a way that was meaningful to you.
On the heels of a new year, we face an opportune time to reaffirm our vision and commitment to building a world class university to serve our city, state, nation and beyond. Since announcing our merger last August, we have been deeply encouraged by the enthusiastic support of our San Antonio community.
