Graduate Education at UT Austin

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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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Think Like a Scholar: Postdoc Bridges Public Health and Data Science to Address Pediatric Asthma

Dec. 16, 2025
A former respiratory therapist, postdoctoral fellow Khamron Micheals employs statistical modeling and artificial intelligence tools to help predict and identify children at higher risk for lung diseases.
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Education Transformed His Life. Now, He’s Helping Others Access It.

Dec. 2, 2025
When Armando Lizarraga graduated high school, he enrolled in community college at the behest of a friend. But the experience was short lived. Now, the first-generation doctoral candidate who expects to earn his Ph.D. in Education Leadership and Policy next year is set to become the first in his family to complete the highest level of higher education.
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2025 D.C. Commencement Speaker’s Journey from the Forty Acres to Capitol Hill

Dec. 1, 2025
The LBJ School of Public Affairs is proud to announce that Mia Paone (MPAff-DC ’25) has been selected by her D.C. cohort peers as the 2025 LBJ Washington Center student commencement speaker, sending off the group at their graduation ceremony on December 6, 2025.
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Art History Ph.D. Candidate Izzah Khan Presents Research on Illicit Trafficking at International UNESCO Conference

Nov. 26, 2025
Khan's work forms part of a broader interdisciplinary movement that links art history, heritage law, and transnational art crime studies.
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    Khamron Micheals’s research is heavily informed by his experience at the bedside, working as a respiratory therapist for those with severe pulmonary diseases.
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    Khamron Micheals’s research is heavily informed by his experience at the bedside, working as a respiratory therapist for those with severe pulmonary diseases.

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    What a semester! ✨ The Office of Career and Life Design had the privilege of partnering with so many incredible offices across campus and employers throughout Austin to guide graduate students and postdocs along their career journeys.
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    What a semester! ✨ The Office of Career and Life Design had the privilege of partnering with so many incredible offices across campus and employers throughout Austin to guide graduate students and postdocs along their career journeys.

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    Amidst the opioid overdose crisis, third-year Ph.D. student Jake Samora has been conducting community-engaged research with people who use drugs (PWUD) and providers of substance use disorder services, a challenge further complicated by pandemic-related disruptions.
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    Amidst the opioid overdose crisis, third-year Ph.D. student Jake Samora has been conducting community-engaged research with people who use drugs (PWUD) and providers of substance use disorder services, a challenge further complicated by pandemic-related disruptions.

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    Thank you to Summer Salazar for hosting the Office of Career and Life Design’s Business and Etiquette Dinner at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center earlier this month.
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    Thank you to Summer Salazar for hosting the Office of Career and Life Design’s Business and Etiquette Dinner at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center earlier this month.

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    “I’m interested in how we can design and talk about technology in ways that benefit society while staying practical and effective,” Jeewon (Joanne) Kim, third-year Ph.D. candidate @txadpr @texasmoody, said.
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    “I’m interested in how we can design and talk about technology in ways that benefit society while staying practical and effective,” Jeewon (Joanne) Kim, third-year Ph.D. candidate @txadpr @texasmoody, said.

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    With his screenplay "Polar Night”, screenwriting M.F.A. student Aaron Lopez represents @utexasrtf @texasmoody as one of ten semifinalists in the 2025 Humanitas College Drama Awards.
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    With his screenplay "Polar Night”, screenwriting M.F.A. student Aaron Lopez represents @utexasrtf @texasmoody as one of ten semifinalists in the 2025 Humanitas College Drama Awards.

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    It’s thanks to second-year master's student Yenny Kang that some of your favorite South Korean films have reached US audiences. Before studying @utexasrtf @texasmoody, Kang worked at CJ ENM distributing South Korean films and TV shows to US streaming platforms like Tubi and Amazon. <br>
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    It’s thanks to second-year master's student Yenny Kang that some of your favorite South Korean films have reached US audiences. Before studying @utexasrtf @texasmoody, Kang worked at CJ ENM distributing South Korean films and TV shows to US streaming platforms like Tubi and Amazon.

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    “During the pandemic, I saw firsthand how digital tools could increase access to care and support patients managing chronic conditions,” Namuun Clifford, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate @longhornnursing, said.
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    “During the pandemic, I saw firsthand how digital tools could increase access to care and support patients managing chronic conditions,” Namuun Clifford, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate @longhornnursing, said.

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    Now interning with Chioco Design as part of the Professional Residency Program, third-year Master of Architecture student Emma Martin supplements her graduate studies @utsoa with a small business that allows her to use her background in studio art. <br>
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    Now interning with Chioco Design as part of the Professional Residency Program, third-year Master of Architecture student Emma Martin supplements her graduate studies @utsoa with a small business that allows her to use her background in studio art.