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Affiliated Universities The University of Texas at San Antonio

The University of Texas at San Antonio
http://www.utsa.edu

The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in northwest San Antonio. The University was established by the Texas Legislature in 1969 and opened to graduate students in temporary facilities in 1973. Undergraduate programs have been offered since 1975 when the university moved to the permanent 600-acre campus. A comprehensive metropolitan university, UTSA serves the needs of the multi-cultural population of San Antonio and South Texas, emphasizing programs that contribute to the technological, economic and cultural development of the city and region. UTSA also serves the state, nation and world with selected programs, reflecting the University's strengths. The University has an outstanding faculty of over 550 teachers and scholars who serve a student body of over 17,000 and who have built solid, demanding undergraduate and graduate programs. UTSA offers 52 baccalaureate degrees, 33 Masters degrees and three Ph.D. degrees. The University is committed to a multi-disciplinary philosophy to encourage interchange among the disciplines as demonstrated by its organization into 14 divisions, rather than departments, in the colleges of Business, Fine Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences and Sciences and Engineering.

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