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Academics and Curricular Innovation
Delivers modernized degree requirements, student research opportunities, entrepreneurship and other academic experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.
- Bridging Disciplines Programs: Creating and coordinating interdisciplinary credentials for undergraduates, working closely with the other colleges and schools on the Forty Acres.
- First-Year Experience: Developing innovative classes and community-based academic experiences to help first-year students transition to college.
- First-Year Interst Groups: Helping incoming students develop a sense of community as they attend classes, study, and participate in various activities and events.
- Herbert Family Lecture Series: Giving first-year students an opportunity to interact with leading members of our faculty—scholars, scientists, and civic leaders who are nationally and internationally renowned.
- Reading Round-Up: Giving incoming first-year students an early start learning from some of the University’s finest professors.
- Signature Courses: Introducing first-year students to the University’s academic community through the exploration of new interests and engaging in college-level thinking and learning.
- Transfer-Year Experience Program: Creating transfer-specific academic spaces, connecting transfer students to experienced mentors, and building avenues for transfer students to establish peer networks.
- Honor Societies: Recognizing the best and brightest in a variety of academic disciplines.
- McNair Scholars: Preparing undergraduate students for doctoral studies through research and other scholarly activities.
- Office of Undergraduate Research: Fostering undergraduate participation in the research and creative activity of the University.
- Research Week: Providing opportunities for undergraduates to explore the University's vast and diverse community of research and creative work, and to find ways of getting involved.
- Office of Distinguished and Postgraduate Scholarships: Supporting students applying for prestigious post-baccalaureate scholarships.
- Strive Grad Prep Academy: Supporting pathways to graduate and professional school.
- Women in STEM: Broadening participation in STEM across campus and beyond.
Office of Student Success
Provides students with academic support and resources and collaborates with campus partners in academic planning to streamline the educational experience for all undergraduates.
- Darren Walker Scholars: Providing an undergraduate education for students of the highest caliber with substantial financial need and a history of overcoming economic, social, or educational obstacles.
- Heman Sweatt Center: Creating community and honoring the legacy of Heman Marion Sweatt.
- Sanger Learning Center: Providing small group and individual tutoring for UT coursework and connecting students with experienced peers for academic support.
- SHIFT: Creating a culture of healthy connections and coping skills through six pilot programs that aim to reduce substance misuse and its harms.
- Student Success Programs: Keeping Longhorns on track to graduate on time.
- Senior Countdown: Helping graduating students navigate their final semester.
- Student Success Help Desk: Consolidating the tools available to help students stay on track to graduate and working with students, advisors, and faculty to resolve roadblocks to timely graduation.
- Student Success Scholarships: Providing scholarships that recognize students’ hard work and help support their timely graduation.
- Student Success Symposium: Celebrating the efforts of the campus community and offering insights into goals for the coming year—open to faculty and staff who work to help our students succeed.
- Texas Success Initiative: Assessing University students’ basic reading, math, and writing skills and then providing instruction to strengthen skills to promote academic success at the University.
- University Leadership Network: Fostering community, building leadership skills and career readiness, improving financial literacy and supporting student wellbeing.
- UT for Me – Powered by Dell Scholars: Eliminating the gap in graduation rates for low-income students through access to technology, academic resources, and financial support.
- Vick Advising Excellence Center: Creating training resources for advisors across campus so that all students receive accurate and personalized advising. Supporting students exploring academic options or internally transferring.