University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/Austin%2c_Texas/xpVP4t98">Austin, Texas</a>, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the <a href="/facts/Flagship_institution/bkQIgekS">flagship institution</a> of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Texas_System/daArjxHw">University of Texas System</a>. With 53,082 students as of fall 2023, it is also the largest institution in the system.
The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures totaling $1.06 billion for the 2023 fiscal year. It joined the <a href="/facts/Association_of_American_Universities/kAMDCykI">Association of American Universities</a> in 1929. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the <a href="/facts/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Library_and_Museum/Cdyh5gLx">Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library</a> and the <a href="/facts/Blanton_Museum_of_Art/f2rFCT6x">Blanton Museum of Art</a>, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the <a href="/facts/J._J._Pickle_Research_Campus/6emlBmvI">J. J. Pickle Research Campus</a> and <a href="/facts/McDonald_Observatory/sop8npHh">McDonald Observatory</a>.
UT Austin's athletics constitute the <a href="/facts/Texas_Longhorns/6Qt4k5wh">Texas Longhorns</a>. The Longhorns have won four <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I/fJv6wUW1">NCAA Division I</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Big_12/qEQ8RlT0">Big 12</a>.
As of 2020, 13 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel Prize</a> winners, 25 <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a> winners, 3 <a href="/facts/Turing_Award/HbEEp0GF">Turing Award</a> winners, 2 <a href="/facts/Fields_Medal/khFmkEnm">Fields Medal</a> recipients, 2 <a href="/facts/Wolf_Prize/PCztKgn8">Wolf Prize</a> winners, and 3 <a href="/facts/Abel_Prize/j5XVqwKd">Abel Prize</a> winners have been affiliated with the school as alumni, faculty members, or researchers. The university has also been affiliated with three <a href="/facts/Primetime_Emmy_Award/4eAaPW0F">Primetime Emmy Award</a> winners, and as of 2021, its students and alumni have earned a total of <a href="/facts/List_of_American_universities_with_Olympic_medals/cQvTJfq2">155 Olympic medals</a>.

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