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Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston, Texas. Each year, we educate more than 37,000 students in more than 300 undergraduate and graduate academic programs, on campus and online. UH awards more than 7,000 degrees annually, with more than 200,000 alumni. The University of Houston is the second most ethnically diverse major research university in the United States. Students come to UH from more than 137 nations and from across the nation to pursue graduate and undergraduate programs. Our students find more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors and nearly 200 graduate degree programs, including some that rank among the nation's best. They find the opportunity to conduct world-class research with award-winning faculty and a picturesque 667-acre campus in Houston, Texas, the energy capital of the world. In this international city, UH students find limitless opportunities to enhance job skills, build professional networks, launch careers and have a lot of fun.

  • Charter Schools' Impact on Public Learning Institutions

    Charter schools often are the subject of debate among educators, parents and community leaders. Still, the number of these institutions continues to rise, and many of them are opening in areas already occupied by public schools.

  • Cutting Years Off Development Time of New Antibiotics

    Eliminating tens of thousands of manual lab experiments, two University of Houston (UH) professors are working toward a method to cut the development time of new antibiotics.

  • Helping Pentagon Build Mind-Controlled Prosthetics

    University of Houston researchers are helping the Pentagon build reliable mind-controlled prosthetic devices that military and civilian amputees can use the rest of their lives.

  • Elevating UH to Tier One Status

    In what promises to be a transformative moment in the history of the University of Houston, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced Tuesday that UH has been categorized as a research university with “very high research activity,” the highest classification given to research universities and the equivalent of Tier One status.

  • $1 Million Gift Boosts Teacher Prep Program

    The University of Houston program that works to combat the national shortage of qualified science and math teachers, teachHOUSTON, is the recipient of a $1 million gift from Kitty King Powell.

  • Points of Pride at the University of Houston

    The “You Are the Pride Campaign” is about students, alumni, staff and faculty members, and their contributions to the University of Houston. These stories of astronauts, Olympic athletes, actors, researchers, leading business executives and accomplished students illustrate how UH distinguishes itself from other institutions and convey the rich heritage of the University of Houston.

  • Research Clusters at UH

    The University of Houston has established six interdisciplinary research clusters designed to enable scholars to better exchange ideas and explore emerging research areas and to work more effectively with industry, other research organizations and the community. These research clusters are powerful centers of creativity, in which teams of researchers from a wide range of disciplines collaborate across traditional boundaries to bring research knowledge to bear on issues of intellectual, scientific, social, economic, environmental and cultural importance.

  • Green UH and Sustainability

    Where going green is local, sustainability is “acting globally.” The University of Houston continues to make major strides concerning energy efficiency and sustainability. From establishing annual goals to presenting and publishing UH’s carbon footprint and other benchmarks of sustainability, the new campus sustainability policy sets the ground for greater understanding of the need for such a program, as well as increased involvement from the campus community in these policies and procedures.

  • UH in the Community

    UH and the Houston community are deeply intertwined. Research programs are linked with local industries, and our students and alumni are movers and shakers in the Houston business and economy. UH outreach programs do good works on campus and throughout Houston neighborhoods.