Editing University of Texas System (section)

==== UT Brownsville and UT Pan American (UTRGV) merger ====
{{Main|University of Texas Rio Grande Valley}}

On June 14, 2013, Texas [[Governor Rick Perry]] signed a law officially approving the creation of a new university in South Texas within the UT System and replacing [[University of Texas at Brownsville|UT Brownsville]] and [[University of Texas–Pan American|UT Pan American]]. The initiative resulted in a single institution, including [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine|a medical school]], spanning the entire [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]], with a presence in each of the major metropolitan areas of [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]], [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]], and [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]].  On December 12, 2013, the UT Board of Regents voted to name the new university the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fischler|first=Jacob|title=Regents name university: UT-RGV|url=http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_54d3cd7c-6359-11e3-b89b-0019bb30f31a.html|access-date=12 December 2013|work=The Monitor}}</ref> The new university began full operation in the 2015–16 school year.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Official name
! Official<br />abbreviations
! Location
! Founded
! Joined<br />system
! Merged
! class="unsortable" | Refs
|-
|[[The University of Texas at Brownsville]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTB
<small>UT Brownsville</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1973
| style="text-align:center;" | 1991
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2015<br />{{small|(merged to form<br />[[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley|The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]])}}
|<ref>"[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-texas-brownsville-30646 University of Texas Brownsville]". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name="UTB Portrait">"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101121153717/http://collegeportraits.org/TX/UTBSC UTBSC]}}". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref>
|-
| |[[University of Texas–Pan American|The University of Texas–Pan American]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTPA
<small>UT Pan American</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1927
| style="text-align:center;" | 1989
|<ref>"[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/utpa-3599 UTPA]". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name="UTPA Portrait">"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100621114814/http://collegeportraits.org/TX/UTPA/undergrad_admissions The University of Texas-Pan American]}}". College Portrait. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref>
|}