Academics

With more than 2,800 Longhorns traveling to more than 80 countries each year, UT Austin ranks #2 in the U.S. for the most students studying abroad. See beautiful images from students’ journeys.

The university has received a 2015 Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The classification recognizes an institution’s activities around community engagement and public service.

The University of Texas at Austin has established two unique, integrated three-year dual degree programs blending the study of public policy and law.

Truancy, bullying and other conflicts among students are down, and in-school suspensions have declined 75 percent at a San Antonio middle school two years after University of Texas at Austin researchers helped implement “restorative discipline” as an alternative to “zero tolerance” in dealing with these issues, according to second-year findings involving a three-year initiative.

Charter school teachers shared best practices during a day of learning on campus.

AUSTIN, Texas — The School of Social Work and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin are establishing a dual degree program at the graduate level, the first of its kind in the United States.

From perfecting the pitch for the next great idea to cultivating the next generation of scientists, these programs extend Longhorn expertise beyond the Forty Acres.

A new report from The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) reveals a positive relationship between community colleges’ implementation of several “high impact” practices like offering supplemental instruction and creating learning communities and students’ completion of developmental courses and persistence from semester to semester.

Last year’s freshman class at The University of Texas at Austin returned to campus at higher rates, earned better grades and took and passed more credit hours than any other class on record.

The Ethics Unwrapped program gives students insights on how to live ethical lives and set an example for others to follow. Take a quiz to test just how ethical you actually are.