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UT Computer Science and Life in Austin

Department of Computer Science Information

Founded in 1965, the UT Austin Department of Computer Science has been a driving force from the beginning of the digital revolution. Our graduate program began in 1966, the same year DARPA started working on the project that became the Internet. UT Computer Science ranks 7th nationally, tied with Georgia Tech and the University of Washington. Four “specialties,” or areas of research, at UTCS also rank in the top ten, with Programming Languages coming in 7th, Theory ranked 8th, Artificial Intelligence ranked 9th, and Systems ranked 10th.

The University of Texas at Austin Information

UT Austin is one of the largest public universities in the U.S. and is among the top public research universities in the world. For 140 years, UT Austin has provided first-class education and world-class research. UT is housed on a 431-acre campus and has 19 colleges and schools, about 3,000 teaching faculty and staff members, and more than 52,000 students. With an enrollment of 12,000 graduate students and more than 3,000 master’s and doctoral degrees conferred annually, UT is a national leader in number of graduate degrees awarded.  

Life in Austin

Consistently ranked as one of the top cities in America, Austin has a vibrant technology and entrepreneurial community and is home to 46 incubators, accelerators, maker and co-working spaces and 5,500 high-tech companies. Companies such as Apple, Dell IBM, Intel, National Instruments, and Samsung have established major operations in Austin to draw from the highly skilled talent the university produces.