University of Houston is a famous public research university in the United States, located in Houston, Texas, USA. Because of its outstanding performance in teaching and research, the University of Houston is considered as one of the first-class universities in the southern United States.

Although the University of Houston can't simply and accurately correspond to a domestic university, it can be compared with some high-level comprehensive universities in China, such as Tsinghua, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Peking University, in terms of discipline strength and comprehensive reputation.

The University of Houston is a research university. The school's disciplines cover the following fields: natural science, economy, law, engineering, management, environment, architecture, education, tourism, agriculture and forestry, art, sports, news communication, information science, medicine, language and so on. University of Houston is a public university in Houston, Texas, USA, located in the southeast of downtown Houston. Founded on March 7th, 1927, with nearly 44,000 students, it is the third largest university in Texas. Carnegie Academic Foundation rated UH as "the institution with the highest research activities for awarding doctoral degrees". In 2020, QS ranked 87th among American universities.