Editing University of Texas System (section)

==== UT Tyler and UTHSC Tyler merger ====
{{Main|University of Texas at Tyler}}

In December 2019, the UT System Board of Regents unanimously agreed to merge [[UT Health East Texas - North Campus|The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler]] (UTHSCT) under [[University of Texas at Tyler|The University of Texas at Tyler]] (UTT), creating a single unified institution.<ref>{{cite manual |url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/ut-system-to-move-forward-with-merger-of-ut-tyler/article_eafcc81e-1ac1-11ea-8469-1b566647a8c6.html |title=UT System to move forward with merger of UT Tyler and Health Science Center |date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref> Two months later, the UT System formally announced its intention to establish a new [[Medical school in the United States|medical school]] that will be added under the new unified UT Tyler administration.<ref>{{cite manual |url=https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2020/02/06/university-of-texas-system-announces-intention-launch-medical-school-tyler|title=The University of Texas System announces intention to launch medical school in Tyler |date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref> It will be the first medical school in the [[East Texas]] region.

On December 8, 2020, The [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Schools]] approved a plan to merge UT Tyler and UTHSCT. UTHSCT will retain its status as a health-related institution but will now come under the administration of UT Tyler. The UT System Board of Regents met in late December 2020 and took action on the implementation of the merger which began on January 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-09|title=Statement from The University of Texas System on the merger of UT Tyler and UT Health Science Center at Tyler {{!}} University of Texas System|url=https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2020/12/09/statement-university-of-texas-system-merger-of-ut-tyler-and-ut-health-science-center-at-tyler|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.utsystem.edu|language=en}}</ref>

On January 4, 2021, the Board of Regents installed Kirk A. Calhoun, M.D. as president of the newly aligned UT Tyler and UTHSCT. As of January 4, these two institutions are officially one. On January 15, 2021 the institution publicly named the new line of executive leadership for the merged institution.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-15|title=UT Tyler Announces Executive Leadership for Merged Institution {{!}} University of Texas at Tyler|url=https://www.uttyler.edu/news/pressrelease/2021/01152021.php|access-date=2021-01-17|website=www.uttyler.edu|language=en}}</ref>

The medical school is expected to open in 2023.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
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! Official name
! Official<br />abbreviations
! Location
! Founded
! Joined<br />system
! Merged
! class="unsortable" | Refs
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|[[The University of Texas at Tyler]]
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UTT

<small>UT Tyler</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1971
| style="text-align:center;" | 1979
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2021<br />{{small|(merged as [[University of Texas at Tyler|The University of Texas at Tyler]])}}
|<ref>"[https://www.uttyler.edu/president/timeline.php UT Tyler Timeline]". UT Tyler. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />
|-
| |[[University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler|The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTHSCT
<small>UT Health Tyler</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1943
| style="text-align:center;" | 1977
|<ref>"[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/camp-fannin Camp Fannin]". TSHA. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref><ref name="TSHA">"[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/university-of-texas-health-center-at-tyler East Texas Tuberculosis Sanatorium]". TSHA. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref>
|}