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Strategic Plan | The University of Texas at Austin
Change Starts Here

Becoming the highest-impact public research university in the world.

Change Starts Here is UT’s 10-year strategic plan to align our mission with our unique opportunity to impact society and change the world.

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Our
Strategic
Plan Goals

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People

Our faculty, staff and students are our bedrock, and they drive our aspiration to be the highest-impact public research university in the world. Our plan begins with making UT the best place to work, grow and learn.

Change starts with us.

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Place

As Texas’ flagship university, we are amplifying our state’s unmatched potential through new and meaningful collaborations and plenty of ingenuity. Our plan prioritizes community impact through solution-oriented partnership.

Change starts at home.

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Experiences

As the flagship public research university in Texas, we are committed to generating life-changing experiences for students, faculty and staff. The UT experience also extends far beyond campus through the vibrant culture that permeates Austin.

Changing the world through transformative experiences.

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Education

At UT, we empower our students with an intellectually and personally transformative education that will set the foundation for a lifetime of success, leadership and impact. We develop lifelong learning opportunities that support our alumni, community, working professionals and the state of Texas.

Changing the world through transformative education.

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Research

Research lies at the heart of our mission and drives UT’s global impact as a tier-one institution. To achieve our aspiration, we will continue to expand and connect our ambitious scholarly and creative pursuits.

Changing the world through transformative research.

Research

What do we mean by impact?

For UT, it’s that which improves our world and contributes measurably to a person or community’s betterment: physically, mentally, socially, environmentally or economically. That could be a new vaccine, improved renewable energy, real-time flood mapping or tracking trash and debris in Earth’s orbit.

By creating educational opportunities for all and leading cutting-edge research at scale, UT will foster positive social change, technological advancement, and economic progress showing the world that change really does start here. Every success gets us closer to our goal of becoming the highest-impact public research university in the world.

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Our Vision

Explore our vision to become the world’s highest-impact public research university.

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See Our Progress

Check out our successes to date across the strategic plan pillars.

Progress