The University of Texas System (informally UT System) encompasses 15 educational institutions in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, of which nine are academic universities and six are health institutions. The system is headquartered in Austin

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 and has a total enrollment of over 190,000 students. Its flagship institution is The University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

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Academic institutions

There are nine public universities

Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...

 which compromise the academic institutions of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin is the flagship school, and one of the largest campuses in the nation, with 38,420 undergraduates in the fall of 2010.

Name	Location	Founded	US News Ranking	Endowment	Undergraduate Enrollment	Acceptance Rate
University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...	Austin Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...	1883	National Universities #045	$2,589 million	38,420	47.0%
University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university located in Arlington, Texas, United States. The campus is situated southwest of downtown Arlington, and is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The university was founded in 1895 and served primarily a military...	Arlington Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...	1895	National Universities (Unranked)	$68 million	25,106	70.1%
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, frequently abbreviated UTB/TSC is an educational institution located in Brownsville, Texas, on the land once occupied by Fort Brown. It is a member of the University of Texas System...	Brownsville Brownsville, Texas Brownsville is a city in the southernmost tip of the state of Texas, in the United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a population of...	1991	Unranked	$12 million	14,335	100.0%
University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas, also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD, is a public research university in the University of Texas System. The main campus is in the heart of the Richardson, Texas, Telecom Corridor, north of downtown Dallas...	Richardson Richardson, Texas Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 99,223. In 2011 the population was estimated to be 107,684. Richardson is an affluent inner suburb of Dallas and home of the Telecom Corridor with a high...	1969	National Universities #143	$229 million	10,648	49.9%
University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...	El Paso El Paso, Texas El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...	1914	National Universities (Unranked)	$153 million	18,160	99.2%
University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio, commonly referred to as UTSA, is a state university in San Antonio, Texas. With an enrollment of more than 30,000 students, it is the third-largest of nine universities and six health institutions in the University of Texas System and the eighth-largest in...	San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...	1969	National Universities (Unranked)	$60 million	25,794	83.2%
University of Texas at Tyler University of Texas at Tyler The University of Texas at Tyler, also referred to as UT Tyler, is a coeducational public university located in Tyler, Texas. Founded in 1971, it is a component institution of the University of Texas System....	Tyler Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...	1971	Regional Universities #63	$60 million	5,064	48.1%
University of Texas of the Permian Basin University of Texas of the Permian Basin The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas. It was authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1969 and founded in 1973...	Odessa Odessa, Texas Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...	1973	Regional Universities #83	$17 million	3,177	81.0%
University of Texas–Pan American University of Texas–Pan American The University of Texas–Pan American , founded as Edinberg College, is a state university located in Edinburg, Texas. Founded in 1927, it is a component institution of The University of Texas System. The university serves the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas with baccalaureate,...	Edinburg Edinburg, Texas Edinburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 77,100 at the 2010 census. The University of Texas–Pan American, the only fully accredited four-year university in the Rio Grande Valley, is located in Edinburg.Edinburg is part of the...	1927	Regional Universities (Unranked)	N/A	16,266	67.9%

Health institutions

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is an institute of health science education and research, located in the South Texas Medical Center....
  
  
• The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
• The University of Texas Medical Branch
  University of Texas Medical Branch
  The University of Texas Medical Branch is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, United States, about 50 miles southeast of Downtown Houston...
  
   (Galveston)
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is one of the biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System, incorporating three degree-granting institutions, four affiliated hospitals, including Parkland Memorial, the teaching hospital, and biomedical research...
  
   (Dallas)

Board of Regents

Regents

• Wm. Eugene "Gene" Powell, Chairman, San Antonio
• Paul Foster, Vice Chairman, El Paso
• R. Steven Hicks
  Steven Hicks
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  , Vice Chairman, Austin
• James D. Dannenbaum, Vice Chairman, Houston
• Alexis "Alex" Cranberg, Austin
• Printice L. Gary, Dallas
• Wallace L. Hall, Jr., Dallas
• Brenda Pejovich, Dallas
• Robert Lee Stillwell, Houston
• John Davis Rutkauskas, Student Regent, UT Austin

UT System Executive Officers

• Francisco G. Cigarroa
  Francisco G. Cigarroa
  Francisco Gonzalez Cigarroa is a medical doctor and Chancellor of the University of Texas System. He is also the first Hispanic to serve as president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ....
  
  , Chancellor
• Kenneth I. Shine, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
• David B. Prior, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• Scott C. Kelley, Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs
• Barry D. Burgdorf, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel
• Francie A. Frederick, General Counsel to the Board of Regents
• Barry McBee, Vice Chancellor and Chief Governmental Relations Officer
• Randa S. Safady, Vice Chancellor for External Relations
• William H. Shute, Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations
• Amy Shaw Thomas, Vice Chancellor and Counsel for Health Affairs
• Sandra K. Woodley, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives

UT System Officials

• Bruce Zimmerman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, The University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO)
• Charles Chaffin, Chief Audit Executive
• Randy Wallace, Associate Vice Chancellor, Controller and Chief Budget Officer
• Dan Sharphorn, Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy General Counsel
• Terry Hull, Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance, ad interim
• Anthony P. de Bruyn, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Public Affairs Officer
• Jana B. Pankratz, Deputy to the Chancellor
• Larry Plutko, Chief Compliance Officer
• Lewis Watkins, Chief Information Security Officer
• Marg Knox, Chief Information Officer
• Florence Mayne, Executive Director of Real Estate
• Michael O'Donnell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction
• Pedro Reyes, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Assessment
• Martha Ellis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Community College Partnerships
• Dan Stewart, Associate Vice Chancellor for Employee Benefits and Services

Headquarters

The University of Texas System is headquartered in Downtown Austin

Downtown Austin

Downtown Austin is the central business district of Austin, Texas. Downtown is located on the north bank of the Colorado River. The approximate borders of Downtown include Lamar Boulevard to the west, 11th Street and sometimes Martin Luther King, Jr...

. The system headquarters complex includes O. Henry Hall, Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall, Ashbel Smith Hall, the Colorado Building, the Lavaca Building, and the Norwood Tower. Parking garages serving the complex include Parking Garage I, Parking Garage II, Parking Garage III, 300 West 6th Street Parking Garage, and the garage between the Colorado and Lavaca buildings.

External links

• The University of Texas System