Campus Profile

Student Enrollment

Fall 2007	50,170
Undergrad	37,459
Grad	11,439
Law	1,272

2,917 Teaching Faculty

21,457 Staff

About 450,000 Living Alumni

President William Powers Jr.

Location
Austin, Texas, in the heart of the scenic Central Texas Hill Country
Central Austin, about 2 miles from downtown and the State Capitol

More than 350 Acres

Mascot Bevo the Longhorn

School Colors Burnt Orange and White

Contact Numbers
General Information 512-475-7348
Directory Assistance 512-471-3434

Mailing Address
The University of Texas at Austin
[Person’s Name]
[Department Name]
1 University Station [Department Mail Code]
Austin, Texas 78712

Member of the Association of American Universities

Accreditation Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

16 Colleges and Schools

Degree Programs Offered
More than 100 Undergraduate
More than 170 Graduate

Founded 1881
Opened 1883

First Degrees Awarded
1884 Law degree
1885 Bachelor of Arts degree

More than eight million volumes in the library system


Based on data from the Office of Information Management and Analysis and Margaret Berry’s “UT Austin: Traditions and Nostalgia,” 1992.