The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is vital to the health of the community, the nation and the world. With missions of teaching, research, patient care and community engagement, we are laser-focused on our mission: We make lives better.
UT Health Science Center San Antonio has an annual research portfolio of $413 million, making us the largest academic research institution in South Texas. Tireless efforts in our laboratories have translated into some of the world’s most advanced treatments for disease, most notably the Palmaz Stent and the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib.
Each discovery translates into leading therapies for the 2.8 million patient visits we offer through our comprehensive network of medical, dental and nursing specialists. It is a network that is growing astronomically as we prepare to open the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital — a momentous milestone in the history of our university.
Our schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions, graduate biomedical sciences and public health have graduated more than 43,700 alumni who are leading change, advancing their fields and renewing hope for patients and their families throughout South Texas and the world. In fact, we graduate more doctors, nurses and dentists than any university in Texas.
We hope you’ll learn more about our unique institution as you journey through this site. We also hope that you’ll join us as we embark on the historic growth that will mark our next decade and beyond.
Robert Hromas, MD, FACP
Acting President
Vision
To be a world-class academic health center transforming health and health care for a diverse society.
Mission Statement
The mission of UT Health San Antonio is to make lives better through excellence in education, research, health care and community engagement.
Purpose
The purpose of UT Health San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.
UT Health San Antonio: Facts and Figures
- Established 1959, doors opened 1968
- Acting President: Robert Hromas, MD, FACP
- Fall 2023 enrollment: 3,656, plus 1,103 medical residents and post-graduate trainees
- Total graduates: more than 43,880
- Total faculty: 2,400
- Total workforce: more than 8,500
- FY 24 annual expense budget: $ 1.46 billion
- UT Health San Antonio is the largest academic research institution in South Texas and is ranked in the top 2.5 % of all organizations worldwide that receive National Institutes of Health funding.
- Among the top-ranked institutions in Texas for aging research funding from the National Institute on Aging
- Endowments: approximately $781 million (FY 23)
- Annual sponsored program awards and research activity: $413 million (FY 23)
- A chief catalyst for the $44.1 billion biosciences and health care sector of the San Antonio economy
- Eight National Academy of Medicine members
- Supports 2.8 million patient visits each year through 800 providers in 100 medical specialties and subspecialties
- UT Health San Antonio provides approximately $681.6 million in uncompensated health care services annually.
- Address of (central) Long campus: 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900 Phone: 210-567-7000
- Learn more about living in San Antonio