Editing University of Texas at Austin (section)

{{Short description|Public university in Austin, Texas, US}}
{{About|text=For the private liberal arts university, see [[University of Austin]]. For the university system, see [[University of Texas System]].}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = The University  of Texas at Austin
 | latin_name             = Universitas Texana<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasexes.org/about-us/history-and-traditions/ut-seal|title=UT Seal|website=[[Texas Exes]]|access-date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
 | image_name             = University of Texas at Austin seal.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | motto                  = {{lang|la|Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis}} ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Education is the Guardian of the State"{{efn|name=motto|{{lang|la|Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis}} is a Latinization of the quotation by [[Mirabeau B. Lamar]] that "The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy."}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasexes.org/about-us/history-and-traditions/ut-seal|title=UT Seal|publisher=[[Texas Exes|Ex-Students Association of The University of Texas]]|date=n.d.|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065421/https://www.texasexes.org/about-us/history-and-traditions/ut-seal|archive-date=November 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | former_names           = The University of Texas<br/>(1881–1967)<ref name="TSHA">{{cite HOT |id=kcu09 |title=The University of Texas at Austin |first=William James |last=Battle |date=December 2, 2015 |orig-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>
 | established            = {{start date and age|1883|09|15}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | parent                 = [[University of Texas System]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[University Affiliated Research Center|UARC]]|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]] 
}}
 | endowment              = $19.72 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]]2023)<br />(UT Austin only)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook">{{cite web |url=https://www.utsystem.edu/sites/default/files/documents/publication/2024/ut-system-smartbook/smartbook-2024-print-version-website.pdf |title=Smartbook |date=May 2024 |publisher=[[University of Texas System]] |access-date=February 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218110900/https://www.utsystem.edu/sites/default/files/offices/institutional-research-analysis/Smartbook-2024-Print-Version-for-Website.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />$47.47 billion (FY2024)<br />(system-wide)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $3.97 billion (FY2024)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | president              = Jim Davis (interim)<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Texas Tribune]]|date=February 19, 2025|title=UT System names Jim Davis as UT-Austin's interim president |access-date=February 19, 2025|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/19/university-texas-austin-jim-davis/ |last1=Priest |first1=Jessica |last2=McGee |first2=Kate}}</ref>
 | provost                = David Vanden Bout (interim)<ref>{{cite web|work=The University of Texas at Austin Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost |title=David Vanden Bout, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost |access-date=March 8, 2025 |url=https://provost.utexas.edu/leadership/david-vanden-bout/}}</ref>
 | students               = 53,082 (fall 2023)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | undergrad              = 42,444 (fall 2023)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | postgrad               = 10,638 (fall 2023)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | faculty                = 4,022 (fall 2022)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | administrative_staff   = 2,135 (fall 2023)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | total_staff            = 27,754 (fall 2023)<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />
 | city                   = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
 | state                  = Texas
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''[[The Daily Texan]]''
 | country                = United States
 | coor                   = {{Coord|30.285|N|97.735|W|region:US-TX_type:edu_dim:2000|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Large city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=texas&s=all&pg=5&id=228778|title=IPEDS-University of Texas at Austin}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|431|acre|km2}}
 | colors                 = {{college color list|team=Texas Longhorns}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Texas Longhorns|Longhorns]]
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division I FBS]] - [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]<ref name= UTOUaccept>Cobb, David; Dodd, Dennis (July 30, 2021). "[https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-oklahoma-join-sec-longhorns-sooners-accept-invitations-as-big-12-powers-begin-new-wave-of-realignment/ Texas, Oklahoma join SEC: Longhorns, Sooners accept invitations as Big 12 powers begin new wave of realignment]". ''CBS Sports''.</ref>
 | mascot                 = {{hlist|[[Bevo (mascot)|Bevo]]|[[Hook 'em]]}}
 | website                = {{URL|https://utexas.edu}}
 | logo                   = University of Texas at Austin logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = .9
 | accreditation          = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
}}

'''The University of Texas at Austin''' ('''UT Austin''', '''UT''', or '''Texas''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Austin, Texas]], United States. Founded in 1883, it is the [[flagship institution]] of the [[University of Texas System]]. With 53,082 students as of fall 2023, it is also the largest institution in the system.<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />

The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures totaling $1.06 billion for the 2023 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thedailytexan.com/2024/03/04/ut-exceeds-1-billion-in-research-expenditures/#:~:text=The%20findings%20show%20that%20in,from%20last%20year%27s%20%24845.9%20million | title=UT exceeds $1 billion in research expenditures }}</ref> It joined the [[Association of American Universities]] in 1929. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum|Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library]] and the [[Blanton Museum of Art]], and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the [[J. J. Pickle Research Campus]] and [[McDonald Observatory]].

UT Austin's athletics constitute the [[Texas Longhorns]]. The Longhorns have won four [[NCAA Division I]] National Football Championships, six NCAA Division I National Baseball Championships, sixteen NCAA Division I National Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, and the school has claimed more titles in men's and women's sports than any other member in the [[Big 12]].

{{As of|2020|post=,}} 13 [[Nobel Prize]] winners, 25 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, 3 [[Turing Award]] winners, 2 [[Fields Medal]] recipients, 2 [[Wolf Prize]] winners, and 3 [[Abel Prize]] winners have been affiliated with the school as alumni, faculty members, or researchers. The university has also been affiliated with three [[Primetime Emmy Award]] winners, and as of 2021, its students and alumni have earned a total of [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|155 Olympic medals]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas Athletics completes Tokyo Olympics with 9 total medals, including 5 gold |url=https://texassports.com/news/2021/8/9/texas-athletics-texas-completes-tokyo-olympics-with-9-total-medals-including-5-gold.aspx |access-date=August 21, 2021 |website=University of Texas Athletics |date=August 9, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>