The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

We serve patients in San Antonio and South Texas. Our health care professionals serve in more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities across San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. More than 3,000 students, researchers and post-doctoral students from around the world come to the UT Health San Antonio to study, research and discover new breakthroughs.

The mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, now called UT Health San Antonio, is to make lives better through excellence in education, research, health care and community engagement. Strategies for achieving this mission are: Educating a diverse student body to become excellent health care providers and scientists.

Engaging in research to understand health and disease. Commercializing discoveries, as appropriate, to benefit the public. Providing compassionate and culturally proficient health care. Engaging our community to improve health. Influencing thoughtful advances in health policy.

Our vision is “To be a world-class academic health center transforming health and health care for a diverse society.”

Educating the next generation of health care professionals five schools. Nearly 70 degree specialties. Pre- and post-baccalaureate certificate programs. UT Health San Antonio prepares its health care professionals to serve South Texas and the world.

At The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, now called UT Health San Antonio, our mission is to serve the needs of the citizens of Texas, the nation and the world through programs designed to advance education, research and clinical care. In fact, these programs of excellence have propelled this institution to become the chief catalyst of San Antonio’s $37 billion-a-year biosciences and healthcare industry.

Ours is a story of discovery, vision and commitment. We engage our minds and talents, and give from our hearts, to help and heal. We touch the lives of thousands, to serve those in need, close to home and across the globe. And, through it all, our strength is born through a shared commitment to make lives better.

The mission of UT Health San Antonio is to make lives better through excellence in education, research, health care and community engagement.

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 is the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country. The interdisciplinary basic and clinical research across the institution's five schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate) is the chief catalyst of the $37 billion health care and biosciences sector of the city.

The Long School of Medicine, ranked one of the top three in the United States for Hispanic students by Hispanic Business magazine, has a strong and supportive faculty and numerous opportunities for building clinical and research skills. Our medical research institutes and nationally recognized cancer treatment programs combine education and research to provide some of the country's most innovative care.

Established in 1969, the School of Nursing has been educating students to become future nurses and leaders in the field through our innovative teaching, quality research, compassionate care and community service for our South Texas community and the world.

The School of Dentistry educates oral health care providers and scientists, engages in biomedical and clinical research to improve the oral health of the public, provides state-of-the-art patient care, enhances community awareness of oral health issues and practices, and addresses health disparities among the population.

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers opportunities ranging from undergraduate research programs to our Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. The South Texas Research Facility gives researchers a state-of-the-art place to work.

The School of Health Professions prepares outstanding healthcare professionals and leaders in seven academic disciplines: Emergency Health Sciences, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Respiratory Care and Speech-Language Pathology. Our research, service and patient care endeavors further support our mission to make lives better.

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is part of a multi-university collaboration to offer a Ph.D. in translational science — a field that melds basic and clinical research that can then be translated into practical patient care. We partner with the UT Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health to offer a dual-degree M.D. and master’s of public health for our medical school students.