Excellence in Teaching & Research
A top tier university’s true impact and benefit to society is not measured by how many students are enrolled or how many football games it wins each year but in the quality of the teaching and research being conducted on campus. With more than 100 research units and more than $400 million spent each year on research funding, UT Austin is one of the country’s highest-ranked public research universities.
The university’s research programs include the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the Dell Pediatric Research Institute, the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas.
The high-level research conducted on campus and the world-class facilities bring professors and researchers from all over the world to campus. They include Pulitzer Prize winners, Nobel laureates and members of prestigious academic and scientific organizations like the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
Unique programs like the Freshman Research Initiative and the Bridging Disciplines Programs allow undergraduate students to get involved with research. Dr. Christine Schmidt received her undergraduate degree from UT Austin and is actively involved in leading undergraduate research in the Cockrell School of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences.
Dr. George Forgie, Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor, Department of History, is a recent recipient of the Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship, an award that recognizes faculty members for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Learn more about research at UT Austin and read about recent research news from the university.
“Undergraduate research was a wonderful experience for me when I was a student at UT Austin. It excited me about research and becoming a professor.”
Dr. Christine Schmidt,
Biomedical Engineering
Outstanding Engineering Teaching Award