The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas was inducted into the Association of American Universities in 1929, becoming only the third university in the American South to be elected. The UT Austin faculty includes six Nobel Laureates and five National Medal of Science winners as well as many Fulbright Scholars.
UT Austin offers more than 170 undergraduate degree programs through 13 colleges and schools and enrolls about 50,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 foreign countries each year. It is a highly selective university, with an acceptance rate of 39%. The school’s alumni include four astronauts who have gone to space; politicians such as former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, U.S Senators Lloyd Bentsen and Phil Gramm; businesspeople such as Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies; actors Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger; sports figures including football quarterback Colt McCoy and basketball player Kevin Durant; musicians Janis Joplin, Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan; among others
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