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{{Short description|Public university system in Houston, Texas}} {{Infobox university | name = University of Houston System | image = University of Houston System seal.svg | image_upright = 0.7 | motto = ''In Tempore'' (Latin) | mottoeng = In Time | established = {{start date and age|1977}} | type = [[State university system]] | endowment = $1.11 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024)<ref name=UHEndowment>As of August 31, 2024. {{Cite web |url=https://meetings.boardbook.org/Documents/WebViewer/685?file=ed4eb2ac-bc00-4e4e-87ca-8014840695ab |title=Independent Auditor’s Report and Financial Statements: August 31, 2024 and 2023 |date=January 31, 2025 |publisher=University of Houston System |access-date=February 18, 2025 }}</ref> | budget = $2.09 billion (FY2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uh.edu/office-of-finance/budget-office/plan-budget/executive-summary-fy2025_final.pdf |title=Fiscal Year 2025 Plan and Budget |date=May 15, 2024 |publisher=University of Houston System |access-date=February 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218095920/https://uh.edu/office-of-finance/budget-office/plan-budget/executive-summary-fy2025_final.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> | chancellor = [[Renu Khator]] | students = 73,533 (Fall 2022)<ref name=UHAccountabilityReport /> | city = [[Houston]] | state = [[Texas]] | country = United States | coor = {{coord|29.72037|-95.34374|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | website = {{url|https://www.uhsystem.edu/}} | logo = University of Houston System wordmark.png | logo_size = 250px }} The '''University of Houston System''' is a public [[university system]] in the U.S. state of Texas, comprising four separate and distinct universities. It also owns and holds broadcasting licenses to a public television station ([[KUHT]]) and a public radio station ([[KUHF]]). The fourth-largest university system in Texas, the UH System has more than 70,000 students and 495,000 alumni from the four distinct universities.<ref name="UHS Fall 2012 Statistical Profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/chancellor/planning-and-performance/strategic-documents/UHS%202012%20Statistical%20Profile|title=University of Houston System Fall 2012 Statistical Profile |publisher=University of Houston System|access-date=2013-08-05 }}</ref> Its flagship institution is the [[University of Houston]], a comprehensive doctoral degree-granting research university of about 43,000 students.<ref name="State of the University: Fall 2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.uh.edu/president/communications/university-community/fall-address-2012/| title=State of the University: Fall 2012|publisher=University of Houston|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=August 5, 2013|author=Khator, Renu}}</ref><ref name="Tier One Research">{{cite web |url=http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2011articles/Jan2011/011811CarnegieTierOne.php|title=Carnegie Foundation Gives University of Houston its Highest Classification for Research Success, Elevating UH to Tier One Status|author=Bonnin, Richard|publisher=University of Houston |access-date=2011-02-08}}</ref><ref name="Tier One Research 2">{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/01/21/uh-achieves-tier-one-status-in-research.html|title=UH achieves Tier One status in research|work=Houston Business Journal |access-date=2011-07-06|date=2011-01-21}}</ref><ref name="Tier One Research 3">{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7386162.html|title=UH takes big step up to Tier One status|work=Houston Chronicle |date=18 January 2011|access-date=2011-07-06}}</ref> The economic impact of the UH System contributes over $3 billion annually to the Texas economy, while generating about 24,000 jobs.<ref name="Economic Impact">{{cite news|title=Study suggests UH degrees are crucial economic factor|last=TRESAUGUE|first=Matthew |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/3868657.html|work=Houston Chronicle|date=2006-05-17|access-date=2011-05-31}}</ref><ref name="UH System Economic Impact">{{cite web|title=The Economic Impact of Higher Education on Houston: A Case Study of the University of Houston System|publisher=University of Houston System|access-date=2011-05-14|url=http://www.advancement.uh.edu/impact/download/PDF/EconomicImpactStudy.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084907/http://www.advancement.uh.edu/impact/download/PDF/EconomicImpactStudy.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-20}}</ref> The administration is housed in the [[Ezekiel W. Cullen Building]], located on the campus of the University of Houston. The chancellor of the UH System is [[Renu Khator|Renu Khator]], who serves concurrently as president of the University of Houston. The System is governed by nine voting-member board of regents, appointed by the Governor of Texas.
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