The University of Texas System (UT System) encompasses 14 educational institutions in the U.S. state of Texas, of which eight are academic universities and six are health institutions. The UT System is headquartered in Austin, and has a total enrollment of over 216,000 students (largest university system in Texas) and employs more than 87,000 faculty and staff. The UT System's $24 billion endowment (as of the 2016 fiscal year) is the largest of any public university system in the United States.
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Component institutions
Academic institutions
The University of Texas System has eight separate and distinct academic institutions; each institution is a stand-alone university and confers its own degrees. Its oldest and flagship institution is The University of Texas at Austin.
Former institutions merged
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
On June 14, 2013, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed SB 24 into law, officially approving the creation of a new university in South Texas within the UT System, officially replacing UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American. The initiative resulted in a single institution, including a medical school, spanning the entire Rio Grande Valley, with a presence in each of the major metropolitan areas of Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen, and McAllen. On December 12, 2013, the UT Board of Regents voted to name the new university the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The new university began full operation in the 2015-16 school year.
Health institutions
In addition to eight academic institutions, the University of Texas System also has six health institutions.
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
- The University of Texas Medical Branch
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Two other medical schools in the UT System enrolled their first classes in the 2016-17 school year--the Dell Medical School at the Austin campus and the UTRGV School of Medicine.
Student profile
Leadership
Regents
- Paul L. Foster, Chairman, El Paso
- Steven Hicks, Vice Chairman, Austin
- Jeffrey Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, Houston
- Ernest Aliseda, McAllen
- David Beck, Houston
- Sara Martinez Tucker, Dallas
- Kevin Paul Eltife, Tyler
- Janiece M. Longoria, Houston
- James Conrad "Rad" Weaver, San Antonio
- Varun P. Joseph, Student Regent, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Executive Committee
- William H. McRaven, Chancellor
- David E. Daniel, Deputy Chancellor
- Raymond S. Greenberg, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
- Scott C. Kelley, Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs
- Steven Leslie, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Stephanie Bond Huie, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives
- Patricia D. Hurn, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
- Barry McBee, Vice Chancellor and Chief Governmental Relations Officer
- Randa S. Safady, Vice Chancellor for External Relations
- Daniel Sharphorn, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel
- William H. Shute, Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations
- Amy Shaw Thomas, Vice Chancellor and Counsel for Health Affairs
- Francie A. Frederick, General Counsel to the Board of Regents
Officials
- Randy Wallace, Associate Vice Chancellor, Controller and Chief Budget Officer
- Terry Hull, Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance
- Michael Peppers, Chief Audit Executive
- Phil Dendy, Chief Compliance Officer
- Ed Mattison, Chief Information Security Officer
- Marg Knox, Chief Information Officer
- Michael O'Donnell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction
- Dan Stewart, Associate Vice Chancellor for Employee Benefits and Services
- Mark Warner, interim, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, The University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO)
Headquarters
The University of Texas System is headquartered in Downtown Austin. 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.
Coordinated Admissions Program
The Coordinated Admissions Program (more colloquially known as "CAP") offers some UT Austin applicants the chance to attend the university if they complete their freshman year at another system school and meet specified requirements. Each institution in the University of Texas System sets its own admissions standards, and not all schools may accept a particular CAP student. UT Dallas does not participate in the CAP program, and UTSA, the largest recipient of CAP students, has stated it will be phasing out the program within the next ten years.
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