The History of University of Texas at Austin

Admissions to UT
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Texas Longhorns Athletics

Although the idea of a public university in Texas was bandied about as early as 1827, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) did not open its doors to students until 1883. Disagreements over money and land, and then the Civil War, all contributed to the delay. The original Victorian main building was razed in the 1930s to make more room, and today is the site of the campus’ iconic tower. Considered a Public Ivy League, the university has grown from a single building, eight teachers, two departments, and 221 students to a 350-acre main campus with 21,000 faculty and staff, 16 colleges and schools, and almost 50,000 students.

Admissions to UT. With an enrollment of 11,000 students and more than 3,500 masters and doctorate degrees awarded annually, the University of Texas graduate school is a national leader in graduate degrees awarded and one of the largest graduate schools in the nation. More than 8,700 bachelor’s degrees are awarded annually in more than 170 fields of study and 100 majors. The university has one of the most diverse student populations in the country and is a national leader in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to minority students. [Top]

The UT Campus. University of Texas is located just 5 miles away from Days Inn Austin Crossroads, and is within easy driving distance for sporting events, graduations, museum tours, or campus visits. The facilities include the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in north Austin and other properties in the city and throughout Texas. The university is home to seven museums and seventeen libraries, which hold over eight million volumes. The holdings of the university's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center include one of only twenty-one remaining complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible worldwide. In April 2006, the Blanton Museum of Art opened. The 155,000-square-foot museum hosts approximately 17,000 works from Europe, the United States, and Latin America. [Top]

Texas Longhorns Athletics. The University of Texas offers a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports programs, including basketball, baseball, rowing, swimming, and soccer. In 2002, UT was selected as "America's Best Sports College" by Sports Illustrated. The Longhorns compete in the Big 12 Conference (South Division) of the NCAA's Division I-A, and are considered a college football powerhouse. The team won its fourth National Championship under head coach Mack Brown in 2005 after the 41-38 defeat of previously undefeated (and top-ranked) USC in the Rose Bowl. This followed the Spring in which the Longhorn captured the College World Series Title in baseball. [Top]

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