Over a century of education and tradition The Basics

The university's culture of innovation and its position as the hub of the creative community of Austin drive a focus on new ideas, multi-disciplinary research, and bold innovations that the world needs to address complex economic, social and cultural issues across Texas, the nation and the world.

Here are a few of the ways the university measures up:

• One of the top 25 “Best Values in Public Colleges” by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine (2010)
• Thirteenth-best public university in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2011” guide
• One of the top 100 universities in the world on the U.S. News list of the “The World’s Best Universities” (2009)
• Top producer of undergraduate degrees for minority students according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education (2010)
• Eleventh-best producer of Peace Corps volunteers among large colleges and universities (2011)
• Seventh in the nation in the number of students who study abroad (2009)