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

• 10,943 undergraduates (Fall 2017 -includes double majors)
• 1,131 graduate students (Fall 2017)
• Fulbright Scholars: Aubrey Herrera (2014); Bianca Patel (2015)
• Goldwater Scholarships: Logan Pearce, Griffin Glenn and Jenna McGuffey (2018), Brendan Chou (2015), Victor Rodriguez and Bonnie Cole (2013)
• Marshall Scholarships: John 'Russell' Beaumont (2014), William Berdanier (2013)
• Truman Fellowships: Genevieve Allen (2011), Marissa Duswalt (2009)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program Fellows: Eric Dawson (2015), Nalin Ratnayeke (2015)

Our Faculty

• 347 tenured/tenure-track faculty
• 1 Nobel Laureate
• 19 members of the National Academies
• 48 recipients of Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards
• 21 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 28 inducted in the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers
• 1 Abel Prize winner
• 2 Turing Award winners
• 3 Wolf Prize winners
• 3 winners of National Medals of Science
• 1 recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• 1 Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
• 2 Howard Hughes Early Career Scientists
• More award-winning faculty »

Research

• $116 million in extramural funding (Annual average 2011-14)
• Dozens of world-class departmental and college centers & institutes

12 Top-Ten Ranked Programs

(U.S. News & World Report 2019)

• Analytical Chemistry 4th
• Applied Math 9th
• Artificial Intelligence 8th
• Computer Science 10th
• Computer Science–Systems 8th
• Computer Science–Theory 7th
• Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity 10th
• Ecology/Evolutionary Biology 6th
• Mathematics–Analysis 7th
• Plasma Physics 3rd*
• Programming Language 8th
• Topology 8th

* Top 10 ranking not available for 2019. Based on latest ranking available.