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University of Texas at Austin

Public university in Austin, Texas, USA

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.32 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.46 point in time: 2020
API endpoint URL	https://idp.its.utexas.edu/idp/shibboleth protocol: Shibboleth
athletics program	Texas Longhorns
award received	Silver Anvil Award point in time: 1972
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily nonresidential four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:University of Texas at Austin faculty
category of associated people	Category:University of Texas at Austin people
child organization or unit	Cockrell School of Engineering Geology Foundation, University of Texas at Austin Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin Texas Space Grant Consortium Biodiversity Center Blanton Museum of Art University of Texas School of Law McCombs School of Business Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences Digital Writing and Research Lab University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections
Commons category	University of Texas at Austin
Commons gallery	University of Texas at Austin
coordinate location	30.2861, -97.7394
count of students	40,804 point in time: 2018
country	United States
described by source	Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Texas, University of The New Student's Reference Work statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/Texas, University of New International Encyclopedia statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Texas, University of
different from	University of Austin
employees	16,607 point in time: September 2020
funder	Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 200,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support nonpartisan research on the use of generative AI in political marketing Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 275,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Propaganda Research Project at the Center for Media Engagement Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 200,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Propaganda Research Project at the Center for Media Engagement Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 65,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Center for Media Engagement to research and disseminate findings about surveillance on U.S. protesters Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 180,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to research political geofencing and educate journalists, policymakers, and the general public on the uses and potential problems of this data-gathering mechanism Open Society Foundations point in time: 2019; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Knight Center for Journalism’s 20th annual International Symposium of Online Journalists Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 76,600 United States dollar; award rationale: to support charitable and educational activities of Support for the 19th ISOJ and the Pre-ISOJ workshop Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 22,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to increase the funding in support of the 19th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) and the Pre-ISOJ Design Thinking workshop Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 45,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide enhanced support for the improvement of the Knight Center's trilingual blog Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's Robert S. Strauss Center in its academic research, litigation, and written work to address questions in U.S. law and policy relating to the general bar on active duty military officials in civilian office Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 43,000 United States dollar; award rationale: Support for the 18th ISOJ and the Pre-ISOJ workshop Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: 17- Covering digital news innovators and best practices in Latin America and the Caribbean Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: Support for the 17th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) and the Pre-ISOJ workshop Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: Covering digital news media trends and best practices in Latin America and the Caribbean Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 144,000 United States dollar; award rationale: To support a conference on judicial accountability at the Grantee's Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
has part(s)	Perry–Castañeda Library object of statement has role: academic library University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences
headquarters location	Austin
image	University of Texas Main Building Tower 3.jpg media legend: La tour de l'UT Austin, construite en 1931. (fr)
inception	1883
instance of	public research university public educational institution of the United States
IPv4 routing prefix	128.83.0.0/16 start time: 29 May 1985
language used	English
located in the administrative territorial entity	Austin located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas
logo image	University of Texas at Austin logo.svg
member of	Innovative Multicultural Curricula for the Young European and US Engineers and Scientists ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Digital Library Federation Association of Research Libraries Consortium of Social Science Associations arXiv point in time: 2021 Association of American Universities start time: 1929 American Council on Education Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2022 Coalition for Networked Information Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Texas Library Coalition for United Action Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition National Digital Stewardship Alliance Council on Governmental Relations
motto text	Disciplina praesidium civitatis, « What starts here changes the world » (mul)
native label	University of Texas at Austin
official website	https://www.utexas.edu/ language of work or name: English
owner of	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Frank Erwin Center Longhorn Network Clark Field Goldsmith Hall Gregory Gymnasium Harry Ransom Center KUT KUTX KVRX Mike A. Myers Stadium Painter Hall Red and Charline McCombs Field The Daily Texan UFCU Disch–Falk Field Waggener Hall Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Welch Hall
parent organization or unit	University of Texas System
postal code	78712
ranking	45 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 40 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 51 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 44 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 37 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015 39 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 36 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013 35 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012 38 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010 35 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011 39 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008 47 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003 40 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004 36 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005 39 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006 38 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007 41 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 41 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 37 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022 43 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 45 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024 67 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 58 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 72 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 68 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 71 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 79 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 77 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 67 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 67 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 63 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 65 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 71 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 66 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 68 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 50 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 49 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025
seal image	Large university-of-texas seal rgb(199-91-18).png
significant event	mixed-sex education start time: 1883
social media followers	229,392 point in time: 1 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15637375 233,251 point in time: 8 January 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15637375 240,098 point in time: 4 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15637375
street address	110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX, 78712
topic's main category	Category:University of Texas at Austin

Identifiers in other databases

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ACM Digital Library institution ID	60013372
ARK Name Assigning Authority Number	85781
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	119306244
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Facebook username	UTAustinTX
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FAST ID	530514 subject named as: University of Texas at Austin; alternative name: Texas. University at Austin; alternative name: Texas. University of Texas at Austin; alternative name: Universidade do Texas, Austin; alternative name: UT Austin (University)
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GeoNames ID	4738604
GND ID	10108-4 start time: 15 September 1883; end time: 5 March 1967; subject named as: University of Texas 1051487315 start time: 6 March 1967; subject named as: The University of Texas at Austin 1086199510 subject named as: University of Texas; subject has role: duplicate entry
GNIS Feature ID	1349113
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GRID ID	grid.89336.37
Handbook of Texas ID	kcu09
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Ringgold ID	12330
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Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID	8564
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SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	59249
SEVIS school ID	6328
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SNARC ID	Q50024
subreddit	UTAustin
TCLF ID	landscapes/university-texas-austin
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Union List of Artist Names ID	500312867
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Wellcome Collection concept ID	rdwwkbrm
X (Twitter) topic ID	1286661453412356096 subject named as: University of Texas at Austin
X (Twitter) username	UTAustin start time: 28 July 2008; has characteristic: verified account or profile; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15637375
YouTube channel ID	UCCLiPoSjzG1PVWyRtq0G3Fw start time: 21 July 2008; point in time: 18 June 2026; subject named as: The University of Texas at Austin; YouTube handle: utaustin
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