University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)

Type	Public academic health science center
Established	1972
Parent institution	University of Texas System
Endowment	$487.6 million (market value)[1]
President	Giuseppe N. Colasurdo
Academic staff	2,092
Administrative staff	5,259
Students	5,241[2] 1,077 Medical School 406 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 289 Biomedical Informatics 565 Dentistry 1,647 Nursing 1,257 Public Health
Location	Houston , Texas , United States 29°42′12″N 95°24′10″W / 29.703251°N 95.402871°W / 29.703251; -95.402871
Campus	Urban; 4.94 million assignable sq. ft2
Website	www.uth.edu

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States. It was created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. It is located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world.^[3] It is composed of six schools: McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTHealth School of Dentistry, Cizik School of Nursing, UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and UTHealth School of Public Health.