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Comparison of UT Austin campus acreage, students, annual degrees, varsity teams and tower heights from 1936 to 2026
Latest report · Sep 6, 2026UT Austin then and now: campus doubles as city skyline transformsUT Austin has grown from 220 to 441 acres and about 10,500 to 55,000 students since 1936, while its 307-foot Tower has fallen to 55th in Austin's skyline.Read the full report →
Austin Gazette graphic showing the 30 million dollar five-year NSF award for a UT Austin-led assistive robotics research center
Sep 2, 2026UT Austin to lead $30 million NSF center studying assistive robots in daily lifeA five-year, six-university research center led by UT Austin will study how assistive robots and people adapt to one another in real settings.
Austin Gazette graphic showing four UT Austin fusion research projects linking physics, engineering and artificial intelligence
Aug 31, 2026UT Austin launches four fusion energy research projectsFour new UT Austin fusion projects will link physicists, engineers and graduate researchers, with seed funding supporting students for two years.
Austin Gazette graphic showing four UT Austin startups working on critical minerals, batteries, robotics and navigation technology
Aug 31, 2026UT Austin startups bring critical manufacturing closer to homeUniversity researchers have launched dozens of companies developing domestic alternatives to foreign supply chains in batteries, minerals and defense technology.

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