The University of Texas at Austin was founded in 1883 and is based in Austin. It describes itself as a public university and as the leading research university in Texas. It has 16 colleges and schools, offers 156 undergraduate and 208 graduate degree programmes, and has a main campus of 441 acres with 12 libraries and eight museums.
Enrolment in fall 2026 was 55,172, made up of 44,675 undergraduates and 10,497 graduate and professional students. The university counted 4,693 faculty in fall 2025 and reported research expenditure of $1.37 billion in fiscal year 2025, with 4,400 active externally funded projects. James E. Davis is President, and William Inboden is Executive Vice President and Provost.