Austin, Texas is quite a town. Home to the University of Texas and to a number of well known high tech firms, Dell Computer probably being the best known of them, Austin is a delightful mix of college students, laid back Texas locals, and a bunch of very smart high tech savvy folks working at Dell and elsewhere.
The mix of such a diverse population has given birth to a city full of life. There is hot music, cool restaurants, and sizzling nightlife everywhere along with n abundance of art galleries and museums.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest public universities in the United States. Founded in 1883, the university has grown from a single building, eight teachers, two departments and 221 students to a 350-acre main campus with 21,000 faculty and staff, 16 colleges and schools and almost 50,000 students. The main campus is in the downtown area of Austin which helps to keep Austin a lively place night and day.
The university’s reach goes far beyond the borders of the main campus with satellite campuses and research centers across Texas, including the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, the Marine Science Institute, the McDonald Observatory, the Montopolis Research Center and the Brackenridge tract.
With an enrollment of 11,000 students and more than 3,500 master’s and doctor’s degrees awarded annually, the graduate school is a national leader in graduate degrees awarded and one of the largest graduate schools in the nation.
More than 8,700 bachelor’s degrees are awarded annually in more than 170 fields of study and 100 majors.
The university has one of the most diverse student populations in the country and is a national leader in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to minority students.
If you think that The University of Texas may be for you than by all means plan to visit Austin. The campus is impressive and you will find that Austin, Texas is one fun town to visit. More than seven million people a year do.
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