Creating a World Class University in San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will merge into one premier global university to best serve the growing needs of the region and state, combining their collective academic, research, and clinical strengths to deliver immense value to the communities they serve.
The most impactful and prestigious public research universities in the country combine top-tier academic and health science components within a single institution. This new university will leverage its size and scale to bring significant advantages to Texas on a national level. Great cities thrive with great universities, and great universities, in turn, make cities even greater.
San Antonio, the second-largest city in Texas and seventh largest in the U.S., serves as the gateway to South Texas, home to 5.5 million people and projected to grow to 6.1 million by 2040. It plays a crucial role in Texas’ care for its citizens and in maintaining the state's national competitiveness.
This unified institution will activate and accelerate the complementary strengths of UTSA and UTHSA, expanding academic degree programs, bolstering the healthcare enterprise, multiplying research, technological, and commercialization advancements, and empowering the next generation of innovators, educators, and healthcare providers to build a highly skilled workforce that benefits society.
Media and Articles
- UT Regents back merger of UTSA and UT Health San Antonio into a ‘premier global university’, San Antonio Express News, August 22.
- Commentary: UTSA and UT Health San Antonio merger will create a world-class university, San Antonio Express News, August 22.
- Editorial: UTSA and UT Health merger will redefine San Antonio, San Antonio Express News, August 22.
- UTSA will merge with UT Health to form 'powerhouse' university, MYSA, August 22.
- UTSA and UT Health San Antonio merger announced, Axios, August 22.
- UTSA and UT Health San Antonio will merge in 2025, San Antonio Report, August 22.
- UT San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio will merge into one institution, Texas Tribune, August 22.
- UTSA, UT Health San Antonio will become one institution ‘greater than the sum of its parts’, Texas Public Radio, August 22.
- Integration of UTSA and UT Health San Antonio announced by board of regents, Spectrum News 1, August 22.
- UTSA and UT Health San Antonio announce historic merger to create a new ‘premier global university’, KSAT, August 22