The University of Texas is a public university system, mainly engaged in education and research.
The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, is the flagship campus of the University of Texas system, located in Austin, the capital of Texas, USA. It is a world-renowned top public research university and one of the top eight institutions in the most prestigious "public Ivy League" in the United States (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, College of William and Mary, University of Miami, University of California).