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

Jordan Cordel wears a black and white patterned shirt and makes the "hook em" sign onstage, surrounded by seven other people applauding, holding his giant check for one thousand, five hundred dollars from the Texas Revue.

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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    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!

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    UT graduate students and postdocs: Registration is now open for the 2025 Empower Your Pitch Competition! <br>
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    UT graduate students and postdocs: Registration is now open for the 2025 Empower Your Pitch Competition!

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    Grad students and postdocs: we want to feature YOU on our Instagram. Tell us about your current research, creative work or professional projects by nominating yourself for a student or scholar profile. 🤘 <br /><br />Visit the link in our bio for the self-nomination form!
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    Grad students and postdocs: we want to feature YOU on our Instagram. Tell us about your current research, creative work or professional projects by nominating yourself for a student or scholar profile. 🤘

    Visit the link in our bio for the self-nomination form!

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    Graduate School Dean Sarah Ades officially announced the Office of Career and Life Design - an office with a new mission: empower every graduate student and postdoc to design their future.<br>
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    Graduate School Dean Sarah Ades officially announced the Office of Career and Life Design - an office with a new mission: empower every graduate student and postdoc to design their future.

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    The Office of Career & Life Design invited their PhD Career Pathway Fellows to an evening at the Austin Trail of Lights! 🤘 We hope all of our graduate students and postdocs have a restful winter break and get to enjoy time with family and friends!
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    The Office of Career & Life Design invited their PhD Career Pathway Fellows to an evening at the Austin Trail of Lights! 🤘 We hope all of our graduate students and postdocs have a restful winter break and get to enjoy time with family and friends!

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    Two weeks ago, the Office of Career and Life Design hosted the International Job Search Summit to empower and guide international students on their career journeys. <br>
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    Two weeks ago, the Office of Career and Life Design hosted the International Job Search Summit to empower and guide international students on their career journeys.

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    Wow - thank you for an amazing site visit, @alertmediahq!<br><br>Last Friday, graduate students visited the AlertMedia offices and learned about the many possible paths to careers in sales, rev ops, product, engineering, threat intelligence and employee experience.<br>
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    Wow - thank you for an amazing site visit, @alertmediahq!

    Last Friday, graduate students visited the AlertMedia offices and learned about the many possible paths to careers in sales, rev ops, product, engineering, threat intelligence and employee experience.

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    If you plan to graduate this fall, Friday, November 15 is the last day to apply to graduate this semester. <br>
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    If you plan to graduate this fall, Friday, November 15 is the last day to apply to graduate this semester.