Ranked among the biggest and best research universities in the country, UT Austin is home to more than 51,000 students and 3,000 teaching faculty. Amid the backdrop of Austin, Texas, a city recognized for its creative and entrepreneurial spirit, the university provides a place to explore countless opportunities for tomorrow’s artists, scientists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers. The Department of Neuroscience is comprised of 30 multi-disciplinary faculty members who, along with approximately 45 additional inter-departmental and inter-college faculty members in the Institute for Neuroscience, represent the core of neuroscience research at UT Austin. We have nationally prominent programs in the neurobiology of learning and memory, addiction, brain trauma, mental health, and epilepsy.