The College of Natural Sciences is committed to providing its students a world-class, research-based science education, to discovering important new knowledge through research, and to creating an environment that fosters the economic and technological development of Texas and the U.S.
- Established: 1970
- Largest college at The University of Texas at Austin
- One of the largest colleges of science in the U.S.
- 12 departments, 1 school
Our Students
- 11,334 undergraduates (Fall 2021)
- 1,382 graduate students (Fall 2021)
- 80 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship winners since 2018
- Goldwater Scholarships: Olivia Conway, Aniket Sanghi and Kevin Zhou (2022), Briana Syed and Teddy Hsieh (2021), Zoe de Beurs and Cole Maguire (2020), Logan Pearce, Griffin Glenn and Jenna McGuffey (2018)
Our Faculty
- 379 tenured/tenure-track faculty
- 22 members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
- >50 recipients of Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards
- 23 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 30 inducted in the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers
- 1 Turing Award winner
- 1 Abel Prize winner
- 3 Wolf Prize winners
- 2 winners of National Medals of Science
- 1 recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- 4 MacArthur Foundation Fellows
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Research
- $116 million in extramural funding (Annual average)
- Dozens of world-class departmental and college centers & institutes
17 Top-10 Ranked Programs
Graduate Program Rankings
Source: U.S. News & World Report 2023
#3 in Analytical Chemistry
#7 in Analysis (Math)
#9 in Applied Math
#10 in Artificial Intelligence
#9 in Computer Science
#10 in Computing Systems
#7 in Computing Theory
#7 in Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity
#8 in Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
#3 in Plasma Physics *
#9 in Programming Language
#10 in Topology
* most recent ranking is from before 2023
Undergraduate Rankings
Source: U.S. News & World Report 2022
#10 in Computer Science
#9 in Artificial Intelligence
#9 in Computer Systems
#6 in Programming Languages
#6 in Software Engineering
#10 in Computer Science Theory
