UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

The University of Texas at Austin (informally University of Texas, or simply UT) is a state research university and the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located in Austin—approximately 0.25 miles (400 m) from the Texas State Capitol. The institution has the fifth-largest single-campus enrollment in the nation, with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 24,000 faculty and staff.

The University of Texas at Austin was named one of the original eight Public Ivy institutions and was inducted into the American Association of Universities in 1929.The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures exceeding $640 million for the 2009–2010 school year. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory. Among university faculty are recipients of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, the Wolf Prize, and the National Medal of Science, as well as many other awards.

UT Austin student athletes compete as the Texas Longhorns and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The university has won four NCAA Division I National Football Championships, and has claimed more titles in men's and women's sports than any other school in the Big 12 since the league was founded in 1996. Current and former UT Austin athletes have won 117 Olympic medals, including 14 in Beijing in 2008. The university was recognized by Sports Illustrated as "America's Best Sports College" in 2002.

Motto                     Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Latin)

Motto in English        Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy

Established              September 15, 1883

Type                      Flagship state university, Space-grant university

Endowment             US$6.0 billion

President                William C. Powers, Jr.

Academic staff         3,018

Admin. Staff            21,000

Undergraduates        38,463

Postgraduates          12,682

Location                 Austin, Texas, USA

Campus                  Urban, 423.5 acres (1.714 km2)

Former names         The University of Texas(1883–1967)

Colors                     Burnt orange and white        

Sports                     Texas Longhorns

Nickname                Longhorns

Mascot                    Bevo & Hook 'em

Website                  utexas.edu

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