Address: 7000 Fannin Street, 77030 Houston, Texas, United States
Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Informatics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, known as UTHealth Houston, was created in 1972 by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System. Its medical school was established in 1969 to address projected physician shortages. The graduate school was activated in 1963 and was renamed in 2017 as part of the MD Anderson and UTHealth partnership. The dental school traces back to the Texas Dental College, founded in 1905.
It stands in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, which is described as the largest medical centre in the world. Six schools teach there: the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, renamed in 2015 after a gift of 75 million dollars, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Dentistry, which has ten accredited programmes, the Jane and Robert Cizik School of Nursing, the School of Public Health, and the D. Bradley McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, renamed in 2023.
The School of Public Health has its main campus in Houston and regional campuses in San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, Brownsville and Austin. In total 5,241 students are enrolled: 1,647 in nursing, 1,257 in public health, 1,077 in the medical school, 565 in dentistry, 406 in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and 289 in biomedical informatics. The university has 2,092 academic staff and 5,259 administrative staff.
Teaching hospitals include Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. The clinical practices are UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services, and the University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center is part of the system. The market value of the endowment is 487.6 million dollars, and Melina Kibbe is president.
Research is carried out in dozens of centres and institutes, among them the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, the Center on Aging, the Center for Infectious Diseases and the Weatherhead PET Imaging Center. Ferid Murad, who received the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on nitric oxide signalling, is among its notable alumni and faculty. Tuition is lower for residents of Texas. Check the current tariff. Teaching is in English.
Domains taught:
Bioinformatics, Data Analytics, Life Sciences, Microbiology and Genetics, Statistics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Certificate, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Physicians and UT Dentists.
Research:
Neurosciences, infectious diseases, aging, clinical and translational sciences, PET imaging and public health, in dozens of research centres.
Famous Alumnis:
Ferid Murad
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
7351
Current students***:
5241
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Six health schools in the Texas Medical Center, many teaching hospitals, public health campuses across Texas, research centres.
Cons
Health sciences focus only, urban medical-centre campus, heat and humidity in Houston.
Best For
Students in medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health and informatics who want to train in the Texas Medical Center.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
Oregon Health & Science University shares the core fields of this institution, namely bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and certificate, and covers bioengineering as well.
In terms of fields, University of California, San Francisco is the nearest neighbour, with bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics again at the core; it also offers graduate certificate programmes and covers bioengineering as well.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science takes a similar route through bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics, and it is slightly smaller, at about 4,200 students against roughly 5,241 here, and is private, whereas this institution is public.
On content, University of Maryland, Baltimore and this institution are close, as both teach bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences; it is also a public institution and does not run the bachelor's and certificate programmes found here.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center follows much the same lines as this institution, with bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics as common ground, and it covers bioengineering as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 3,900 students against roughly 5,241 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Abroad, Karolinska Institute (Sweden) covers bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics in a comparable way, and it is slightly larger, at about 6,500 students against roughly 5,241 here, and is also a public institution.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom is the nearest foreign match on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics; it also offers graduate certificate programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 3,900 students against roughly 5,241 here.
The closest overseas parallel on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences is Medical University of Graz, located in Austria; it does not run the certificate programmes found here, and has almost the same size, at about 5,110 students.
On content, Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria and this university are close, as both teach bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences; it is slightly smaller, at about 3,800 students against roughly 5,241 here, and is also a public institution.
Nanjing Medical University in China is the nearest foreign match on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics; it is also a public institution and does not run the certificate programmes found here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is UTHealth Houston?
In the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
When was it created?
In 1972, by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System.
How many schools does it have?
Six: Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health and Biomedical Informatics.
How many students does it have?
5,241.
Which is the largest school by enrolment?
Nursing, with 1,647 students.
Where are the School of Public Health's regional campuses?
In San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, Brownsville and Austin.
Why is the medical school called McGovern?
It was renamed in 2015 after a gift of 75 million dollars.
Which hospitals are teaching hospitals?
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
Which Nobel laureate is linked to it?
Ferid Murad, who received the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
What does it cost?
Tuition is lower for residents of Texas. Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
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