The University of Texas at Dallas, founded in 1969, is an open research university affiliated with the Universities Research Association. The university established a Graduate Research Centre in 1961. This centre was renamed Southwest Centre for Advanced Studies in 1967. Enrollment increased by 61% to approximately 14,000 in 1994. Early on, the university only admitted students for undergraduate degree programmes, but as enrollment grew, it began to offer graduate degree programmes. The university is widely regarded as one of the top 50-year-old universities in Texas.
The campus encompasses a total area of 445 acres. It consists of visitor halls, a dormitory for students, and parking facilities. On campus, the students have access to all necessary facilities.
The university's eight academic schools offer more than 140 programmes at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. In 2019, the undergraduate course has approximately 21,215 students and the postgraduate course has approximately 7,454 students, including 5,200 international students.
The University provides students with opportunities to conduct research in the fields of cybersecurity, bioengineering, nanotechnology, space science, and brain sciences, among others. It consists of approximately fifty research centres and institutes. In 1975, the Callier Centre and the university merged to conduct research on the prevention, analysis, and treatment of communication disorders.
It has a faculty of 1,342 and a full-time staff of 1,339. Additionally, it invests $122 million in research. Additionally, it has more than 124,000 alumni worldwide. On campus, there are over 300 registered student organisations. Its library contains approximately three million physical and electronic collections.
Aziz Sancar (Nobel Prize in Chemistry), Christian Belady (Architect at Microsoft), Ryan Cabrera (Famous musician), Rob DenBleyker (Co-creator of Cyanide and Happiness), and Lynn Duggle are among the notable alumni of UT Dallas (CEO at Enginity)
The University of Texas at Dallas Rankings
- #301-400 Universities Rankings - ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2021
- #477 World University Ranking - QS 2022
- #351-400 University Ranking - THE (Times Higher Education) 2022
- #308 Global Universities - US News & World Report 2022
- #136 National University Ranking - US News & World Report 2022
Why The University of Texas at Dallas?
- According to the 2017 Young University Rankings by Times Higher Education, UT Dallas is the top-ranked university in the United States that was founded less than 50 years ago.
- UT Dallas was ranked among the top 100 "Best Value" public colleges in the United States for 2016 by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
- In 2016, 32% of freshmen ranked in the top 10% of their graduating high school class, and 62% ranked in the top 25%.
- The university enrols over 6,000 international students from over 100 countries.
- UT Dallas is the only public institution in North Texas with a faculty that includes members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Inventors and a Nobel Prize winner.
Admission Standards - Elite
| SAT | 1220/1450 |
| ACT | 26/33 |
| Estimated GPA | 3.78 |
Applications Accepted - 79.4%
| Applications Due | - |
| Applicant Competition | Very Low |
| Application Fee | $50 |
