Editing University of Texas System (section)

=== Health institutions ===
The University of Texas System has 5 independent health institutions. None are officially associated with any of the 4-year academic institutions, though some may have close relationships or special joint programs with them due to geographical location ([[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth]] area institutions & [[San Antonio]] institutions) or historical relationships (UT Austin & UT Medical Branch at Galveston).

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the six schools at UT Health Science Center at Houston. Despite being officially associated under UT Houston, the UT System lists MD Anderson as a separate health institution due to its unique specialization.

Additionally, there are medical schools at UT Austin and UT Rio Grande Valley that are not directly affiliated with any of the independent health institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Institutions|url=https://www.utsystem.edu/institutions|access-date=2019-05-26|website=University of Texas System|language=en}}</ref> The third medical school organized under an academic institution in the UT System is [[UT Tyler Medical School]], which began operations in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Jennifer |date=2023-07-08 |title='It's been surreal': 40 students of UT Tyler School of Medicine's inaugural class adjust to classes |url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/its-been-surreal-40-students-of-ut-tyler-school-of-medicines-inaugural-class-adjust-to/article_de3be102-1cff-11ee-8cf8-23566bf44cf8.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=TylerPaper.com |language=en}}</ref>

==== Independent UT Health institutions ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Official name
! Abbrev.
!Medical school
! Location
! Estab.
!Total Enrollment
<small>(Fall 2022)</small><ref name=":2" />
!Undergrad Enrollment
<small>(Fall 2022)</small><ref name=":2" />
!Graduate Enrollment
<small>(Fall 2022)</small><ref name=":2" />
!Endowment
<small>(Fall 2022)</small><ref name=":2" />
! class="unsortable" | Refs
|-
| The [[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTHSA or
UTHSCSA

<small>UT Health San Antonio</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Long School of Medicine]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[San Antonio]], [[Laredo, Texas|<small>Laredo</small>]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1959
| style="text-align:center;" | 3,491
| style="text-align:center;" | 783
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,708
| style="text-align:center;" | $774,507,419
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uthscsa.edu/university/office-president/mission-vision-and-core-values|title=Mission, Vision and Core Values|date=2018-06-12|website=UT Health San Antonio|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2017/02/01/ut-health-san-antonio-gets-25-million-gift-medical.html|title=UT Health San Antonio gets $25 million gift; medical school to get new name|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
|-
|The [[University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTH or UTHSCH
<small>UTHealth or</small>

<small>UT Houston</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[McGovern Medical School]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Houston]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1972
| style="text-align:center;" | 5,319
| style="text-align:center;" | 554
| style="text-align:center;" | 4,765
| style="text-align:center;" | $899,272,216
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uth.edu/index/about.htm|title=About UTHealth|last=Houston|first=The University of Texas Health Science Center at|website=www.uth.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
|-
| The [[University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTMDA
<small>MD Anderson</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |N/A <small>(associated with UT Houston)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Houston]], <small>[[Katy, Texas|Katy]], [[League City, Texas|League City]],</small>
<small>[[Memorial City, Houston|Memorial City]], [[Sugar Land, Texas|Sugar Land]], [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1941
| style="text-align:center;" | 364
| style="text-align:center;" | 337
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| style="text-align:center;" | $1,729,114,508
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mdanderson.org/about-md-anderson/facts-history/institutional-profile.html|title=Institutional Profile|website=MD Anderson Cancer Center|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
|-
| The [[University of Texas Medical Branch|University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTMB
<small>UT Galveston</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |John Sealy School of Medicine
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1891
| style="text-align:center;" | 3,291
| style="text-align:center;" | 581
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,710
| style="text-align:center;" | $779,202,806
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://som.utmb.edu/home/history-past-deans|title=History & Past Deans|website=som.utmb.edu|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
|-
| The [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]]
| style="text-align:center;" | UTSW
<small>UT Southwestern</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |UTSW Medical School
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Dallas]], <small>[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Frisco, Texas|Frisco]], [[Irving, Texas|Irving]], [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1943
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,351
| style="text-align:center;" |  N/A
<small>(Graduate students only)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2,351
| style="text-align:center;" | $3,157,125,475
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/about-the-school/index.html|title=About Us|website=www.utsouthwestern.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://utswmed.org/locations/|title=Hospital and Clinic Locations {{!}} UT Southwestern Medical Center|website=utswmed.org|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
|}

==== Medical schools within academic institutions ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Medical school
! Academic institution affiliation
! Location
! Estab.
! class="unsortable" | Refs
|-
|[[Dell Medical School]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[University of Texas at Austin|UT Austin]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
|<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://dellmed.utexas.edu/about/mission-and-vision/history|access-date=2019-05-26|website=Dell Medical School|language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
|UTRGV [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine|School of Medicine]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley|UT Rio Grande Valley]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]], <small>[[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
|<ref>{{cite web|title=UTRGV {{!}} Our Story|url=https://www.utrgv.edu/school-of-medicine/our-story/index.htm|access-date=2019-05-26|website=www.utrgv.edu}}</ref>
|-
|[[University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine|UT Tyler School of Medicine]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[University of Texas at Tyler|UT Tyler]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2023
|<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=The University of Texas System announces intention to launch medical school in Tyler|url=https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2020/02/06/university-of-texas-system-announces-intention-launch-medical-school-tyler|access-date=2020-02-08|website=The University of Texas System|date=February 6, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
|}<br /><gallery>
File:UTH1.JPG|UT Health Science Center - Houston
File:UTHSCSAmain.jpg|UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
File:UTMDA1.JPG|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
File:Ashbel Smith Building -- Old Red.jpg|UT Medical Branch at Galveston
File:William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital Nima2.jpg|UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX)
</gallery>

==== Pending mergers ====
'''San Antonio'''

In 2010, a study was commissioned to explore the possibility of merging [[University of Texas at San Antonio|UT San Antonio]] and [[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio|UT Health San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://3snpdc2ba9m5uwuk62n8cs84-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/UTSA-UTHSCSA-merger-study.pdf|title=Feasibility of Merging The University of Texas at San Antonio with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio|date=May 2010|website=The University of Texas System|access-date=December 21, 2019}}</ref> Officials ultimately decided against it, citing significant costs, administrative challenges, and different university cultures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://therivardreport.com/the-move-to-merge-utsa-and-uthscsa/|title=The Move to Merge UTSA and UTHSCSA|last=Rivard|first=Robert|date=2016-11-20|website=Rivard Report|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-21}}</ref> In 2016, an op-ed published in the San Antonio Express-News urged the UT System Board of Regents to reconsider their decision.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krier|first1=Joe|last2=Wolff|first2=Nelson|url=https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/Combining-UTSA-and-UTHSC-would-create-powerhouse-10425804.php|title=Combining UTSA and UTHSC would create powerhouse|date=2016-10-31|website=[[San Antonio Express-News]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-21}}</ref> It was announced in August 2024 that the Board of Regent voted to merge the two into one university, a merger set to be completed by 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ut-san-antonio-and-ut-health-san-antonio-will-merge-into-one-institution/ar-AA1pgAJb?ocid=BingNewsSerp|title=UT San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio will merge into one institution}}</ref>

==== Attempted academic and health institutions and mergers ====
'''Dallas–Fort Worth'''

In 2001 the [[Seventy-seventh Texas Legislature|77th Texas Legislature]] proposed HB 3568, which would have merged all [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth]] UT System institutions ([[University of Texas at Dallas|UT Dallas]], [[University of Texas at Arlington|UT Arlington]], and [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|UT Southwestern]]) under the name "''The University of Texas at Dallas''". UTD's Richardson campus would have been designated as the main campus, UTA's Arlington campus would have become a satellite campus, and UTSW's Dallas campus would have become the merged university's medical school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/doc/0424.doc|title=SUMMARY OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION – 77th LEGISLATURE|date=July 2001|website=TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD|access-date=December 21, 2019}}</ref> The purpose was to help the metroplex gain one unified flagship-level university, but the House Bill ultimately failed to pass due to objections from UT Arlington (which wanted to retain its identity as a separate university) and the lack of time to properly explain the complex process to state representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theshorthorn.com/news/bill-would-join-uta-ut-schools/article_33fac29e-f277-5160-b6b7-cf1600a2a5cf.html|title=Bill would join UTA, 2 UT schools|last=LaFlash|first=Crystal|website=The Shorthorn|date=March 16, 2001 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-21}}</ref>

'''Houston'''

In 2015, the UT System purchased 300 acres of land in the Houston area for $215 million for the development of a research campus, spearheaded by then-Chancellor [[William H. McRaven]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Watkins|first=Matthew|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/05/ut-system-plans-open-new-campus-houston/|title=UT System Plans to Open New Campus in Houston|date=November 5, 2015|website=The Texas Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref> While the UT System publicly denied plans to build a new university on the land, the land acquisition drew criticism from the [[University of Houston System]] and several Texas State Senators, notably [[John Whitmire]], focusing on the UT System encroaching on the UH System, given the UT System's access to the Permanent University Fund, as well as the process by which the land was purchased.<ref>{{cite web|last=Watkins|first=Matthew|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2015/12/02/houston-senator-calls-ut-systems-houston-plans-aff/|title=Houston Senator Calls UT System's New Campus Plan an "Affront"|date=December 2, 2015|website=The Texas Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref> In 2017, the UT System announced it would be cancelling plans for the Houston campus.<ref>{{cite web|last=Watkins|first=Matthew|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/03/01/opponents-say-ut-system-houston-campus-wont-proceed/|title=UT System says it won't proceed with Houston campus|date=March 1, 2017|website=The Texas Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Matos|first=Alejandra|url=https://www.chron.com/politics/texas/article/UT-ready-to-sell-300-acres-of-Houston-land-12858442.php|title=UT ready to sell 300 acres of Houston land|date=April 23, 2018|website=The Houston Chronicle|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref>