Cockrell School of Engineering

The Cockrell School of Engineering
TypePublic
Established1894
Parent institution
University of Texas at Austin
Endowment$780 million (November 2, 2023)[1]
DeanRoger Bonnecaze
Academic staff
289
Undergraduates6,112 (Fall 2023)[2]
Postgraduates2.320 (Fall 2023)[3]
Location
Austin, Texas, USA

The Cockrell School of Engineering is one of the eighteen colleges within the University of Texas at Austin. It has more than 8,000 students enrolled in eleven undergraduate and thirteen graduate programs.[4] Annual research expenditures are over $267 million and the school has the fourth-largest number of faculty in the National Academy of Engineering.[5][6][7]

Previously known as the College of Engineering, on July 11, 2007, the University of Texas at Austin renamed the College after 1936 graduate Ernest Cockrell Jr., whose family helped to build a $140 million endowment for the College.[8]

  1. ^ "Endowment Information". utimco.org.
  2. ^ "Program Enrollments and Degrees". cockrell.utexas.edu.
  3. ^ "Program Enrollments and Degrees". cockrell.utexas.edu.
  4. ^ Haurwitz, Ralph K. M. "Industrial meets very cool: UT's $313.7M engineering building debuts". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  5. ^ "Cockrell School of Engineering Facts & Figures". Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  6. ^ "Cockrell School of Engineering Research". Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  7. ^ "Cockrell School of Engineering Facts & Figures". Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  8. ^ "UT Cockrell School of Engineering". www.engr.utexas.edu.