Graduate Education at UT Austin

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Explore our Degrees & Programs

Review what programs we offer and learn about application deadlines, contacts and more.

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UT Austin offers 83 doctoral programs and 125 master's programs. Tell us about yourself, and we will connect you with your program of interest.

What starts here changes the world.

Since 1883, students from across Texas and around the world have come to The University of Texas at Austin to seek challenges and open doors to the future. Graduate students choose the university for its reputation for academic excellence, its commitment to research and teaching, and its location. Austin, Texas is a vibrant city that offers a thriving art and music scene, delicious food and beautiful parks and lakes to explore.

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Live the Longhorn Life

Grad life at UT Austin means receiving a world class education, having access to premium health and wellness resources, student organizations and more - all while living in Austin, Texas.

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Where to Begin

Interested in graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin? Start here and review eligibility for admission, admissions and enrollment statistics, programs and degrees, the cost of attendance and more.

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Visit UT Austin

Come visit the Forty Acres and see our beautiful campus for yourself. Take a tour, connect with faculty, and visit our world-class resources, libraries and labs.

UT Grad Students in the News

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McCombs graduate student wins 2025 Texas Revue Talent Show for singing

March 11, 2025
With 13 contestants performing talents ranging from singing to Indian classical dance, Jordan Cordel’s debut song “Lonely” took the hearts of judges and audience members.
In the first image, a woman with black hair wears a brown dress and blue lanyard in front of a white and orange poster. The title on the poster is "Health Digital Game Adaptation for a Native American Tribe Using Virtual CBPR." In the second image, another woman with long black hair wears a brown jacket and a lanyard, and stands in front of another white and orange poster. The poster reads "Situation-Specific Theory on Kidney Health Inequities Among Midlife Women from Ethnic Minority Groups in the U.S."

2 Nursing PhD Students Present Research at SNRS Conference

Feb. 26, 2025
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing PhD students, Cheongin Im, MSN, BSN, RN, and Dongmi Kim, BSN, RN, recently presented their research at the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) 39th Annual Conference, Feb. 19-21 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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From Scraps to Sips: Everyday Biomass Produces Drinking Water from Thin Air

Feb. 24, 2025
Discarded food scraps, stray branches, seashells and many other natural materials are key ingredients in a new system that can pull drinkable water out of thin air developed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Jackson School Symposium Winners and Q&A

Feb. 19, 2025
This year, 126 students presented their research at the 14th Annual Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium on Feb. 14, 2025.
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    “I have always been fascinated by what makes learning truly meaningful,” said Anjali Singh, Bullard Postdoctoral Fellow at @texasischool. “Deep and effective learning requires effort—making mistakes, learning from them and practicing regularly.” <br>
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    “I have always been fascinated by what makes learning truly meaningful,” said Anjali Singh, Bullard Postdoctoral Fellow at @texasischool. “Deep and effective learning requires effort—making mistakes, learning from them and practicing regularly.”

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    “The thought of stepping into the unknown, peeling back layers of history, exploring, and revealing ancient buildings that have been hidden beneath the forest canopy for centuries has always sparked my imagination.”

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    Celesté Flores didn’t waste a single moment at UT! She graduates this May with a dual master’s degree in global policy studies and public health. <br>
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    Celesté Flores didn’t waste a single moment at UT! She graduates this May with a dual master’s degree in global policy studies and public health.

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    Fourth-year Ph.D. student John Michael Clark recently attended the Arizona Winter School in Tucson for the second time, where advanced graduate students work with senior faculty and postdoctoral fellows on research projects related to number theory.
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    Fourth-year Ph.D. student John Michael Clark recently attended the Arizona Winter School in Tucson for the second time, where advanced graduate students work with senior faculty and postdoctoral fellows on research projects related to number theory.

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    Feel like your research is on shaky ground? Tell that to Bartik Pandel, a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering in the @cockrellschool who specializes in seismic hazard assessment. <br>
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    Feel like your research is on shaky ground? Tell that to Bartik Pandel, a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering in the @cockrellschool who specializes in seismic hazard assessment.

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    Your voice matters as a graduate student. Complete the gradSERU survey to help shape graduate student programs, policies and services at UT.

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    Bella Gray can often be found wading through thick thorn bushes, crawling under barbed wire fences, and evading jumping spider colonies. For her, it’s just another day exploring the Guadalupe Mountains as a Ph.D. student in @txgeosciences.<br>
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    Bella Gray can often be found wading through thick thorn bushes, crawling under barbed wire fences, and evading jumping spider colonies. For her, it’s just another day exploring the Guadalupe Mountains as a Ph.D. student in @txgeosciences.

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    We had a great time at last night’s Break into Data Panel with the Office of Career and Life Design, with graduate students and postdoc attendees from more than 30 different majors across 12 colleges and schools! <br>
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    We had a great time at last night’s Break into Data Panel with the Office of Career and Life Design, with graduate students and postdoc attendees from more than 30 different majors across 12 colleges and schools!