UT College of Liberal Arts

The liberal arts have been at the heart of the university's mission since its founding in 1883. With our world-class programs in fields such as History, English, Philosophy, Anthropology, Economics, Government, Psychology, and Sociology, we continue to build on that great tradition.

The College of Liberal Arts offers more than 50 majors located in 22 academic departments and more than 30 centers, institutes and programs. In every discipline we emphasize the importance of understanding history, society and culture to help students better understand and thrive in the world beyond campus.

Central to that mission is our people. We have more than 500 faculty, including Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellows and members of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. More of the nation’s brightest scholars are joining us each year, coming from other top private and public universities to be part of what we are continuing to build in Austin.

Our professors and students do leading research on everything from brain imaging to population trends. They conduct well-respected political polls and study topics as diverse as ancient Rome and 3 million-year-old fossils.

Many of our more than 10,000 students are off to equally impressive starts. They consistently earn top national scholarships such as Rhodes, Truman and Marshall scholarships, and they study abroad on six continents. Many go on to some of the best graduate and professional schools in the country or land jobs at Fortune 500 companies, in Congress and with schools and organizations throughout Texas, joining the ranks of our more than 120,000 alumni.