Academics
The University of Texas at Austin offers bachelor’s degree-seekers more than 170 fields of study across 13 colleges and schools.
Some of these come with prerequisites; check them out before you apply.
School of Architecture
The School of Architecture offers admission only to the fall semester.
- Architectural Studies
- Architectural History
- Architecture
- Architecture/Plan II*
- Architecture/Architectural Engineering*
- Interior Design
McCombs School of Business
The McCombs School of Business offers freshman admission only to the summer or fall semesters, and transfer admission only to fall. Apply to Unspecified Business, then declare a specialization in:
- Accounting
- Canfield Business Honors Program
- Finance
- International Business
- Integrated Masters in Professional Accounting***
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Science and Technology Management
- Supply Chain Management
Moody College of Communication
The Moody College of Communication offers admission only to the fall semester.
- Advertising
- Communication and Leadership
- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
- Audiology
- Deaf Education/Deaf Studies
- Speech/Language Pathology
- Communication Studies
- Corporate Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Political Communication
- Journalism
- Public Relations
- Radio-Television-Film
- Undeclared (Communication)
College of Education
- Applied Learning and Development
- All-Level Generic Special Education
- Early Childhood to Grade 6 Generalist
- Early Childhood to Grade 6 Bilingual Generalist Certification
- Early Childhood to Grade 6 English as a Second Language
- Youth and Community Studies
(Apply to any major, then declare a specialization.)
- Athletic Training
(Apply to Pre-Athletic Training; see Special Programs for more information.) - Kinesiology and Health Education
- Applied Movement Science
- Exercise Science
- Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
- Physical Culture and Sports
- Sport Management
(Apply to Physical Culture and Sports; see Special Programs for more information.)
Cockrell School of Engineering
The Cockrell School of Engineering offers freshman admission only to the summer or fall semesters, and transfer admission only to fall.
- Aerospace Engineering
- Architectural Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computational Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology**
- Mechanical Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts offers admission only to the fall semester and gives preference for admission and artistic merit scholarships to applicants who select Fine Arts majors as their first choice.
- Acting
(Offers admission only to freshman applicants) - Art History
- Arts and Entertainment Technologies
- Dance
- Dance Education
(Apply to Dance, then declare a specialization.) - Design
- Jazz
- Music (B.A.)
- Music Composition (B.A. or B.M.)
- Music Performance
- Music Studies (Music Education)
- Choral Music Emphasis
- Instrumental Emphasis
- Studio Art
- Theatre and Dance
- Theatre Education
- Art Education
Jackson School of Geosciences
The Jackson School of Geosciences offers admission only to the fall semester.
- Environmental Science (Geological Sciences)
- Geological Sciences
(Apply to Geological Sciences, then declare a specialization.)- General
- Geophysics
- Hydrogeology
- Environmental Science and Sustainability
- Teaching
- Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology**
School of Information
- Informatics (B.A. or B.S.I.)
College of Liberal Arts
- African and African Diaspora Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Asian Cultures and Languages
(Apply to Asian Cultures and Languages, then declare a specialization.)- Chinese
- Hindi/Urdu
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malayalam
- Sanskrit
- Tamil
- Asian Studies
(Apply to Asian Studies, then declare a specialization.)- East Asia
- South Asia
- Taiwan
- Classical Languages
(Apply to Classical Languages, then declare a specialization.)- Classics
- Greek
- Latin
- Classical Studies
(Apply to Classical Studies, then declare a specialization.)- Ancient History
- Classical Archaeology
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Science (Geographical Sciences)
(Offers admission only to the fall semester) - Ethnic Studies
- Asian American
- Mexican American
- European Studies
- French Studies
- Geography
- German
- Government
- Health & Society
- History
- Human Dimensions of Organizations
- Humanities
(Offers transfer admission only to the fall semester; freshman applicants, see Special Programs for more information.) - International Relations and Global Studies
- Italian
- Jewish Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Philosophy
- Plan II Honors Program
(Offers freshman admission only to the fall semester) - Portuguese
- Psychology
- Race, Indigeneity, and Migration
- Religious Studies
- Rhetoric and Writing
- Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Sustainability Studies
- Undeclared (Liberal Arts)
(Offers admission only to freshman applicants) - Urban Studies
- Women’s and Gender Studies
The College of Liberal Arts offers freshman admission to all entry terms; summer, fall, and spring.
College of Natural Sciences
All students are admitted with entry-level status in their chosen major. Students will decide which degree pathway to follow after completing entry level coursework.
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Computational Biology
- Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
- Genetics and Genomics
- Human Biology
- Marine and Freshwater Science
- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Plant Biology
- Teaching
- Chemistry
- Computation
- Teaching
- Computer Science
(Offers transfer admission only to the fall semester) - Environmental Science (Biological Sciences)
(Offers admission only to the fall semester) - Human Development and Family Sciences
- Early Childhood
- Families and Personal Relationships
- Families and Society
- Human Development
- Human Ecology
- Mathematics
- Actuarial Science
- Applied Mathematics
- Mathematical Sciences
- Pure Mathematics
- Teaching
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Neuroscience
- Nutrition
- Dietetics
- International Nutrition
- Nutritional Sciences
- Nutrition and Public Health
- Physics
- Biophysics
- Computation
- Radiation Physics
- Space Sciences
- Teaching
- Pre-Pharmacy
- Public Health
- Statistics and Data Science
- Textiles and Apparel
- Merchandising and Consumer Sciences
- Apparel, Functional and Technical Design
- Textile Conservation and Museum Studies
- Undeclared (Natural Sciences)
(Offers admission only to freshman applicants)
School of Nursing
The School of Nursing offers admission only to the fall semester. Want to be considered for Nursing? If you’re applying for transfer admission, select Nursing as your first choice.
- Nursing
College of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy
(Apply to Pre-Pharmacy in the College of Natural Sciences; see Special Programs for more information.)
The College of Pharmacy program requirements include at least two years of undergraduate pre-pharmacy prerequisites and core/flag course requirements.
Steve Hicks School of Social Work
- Social Work
* Dual degree plan
** Offered jointly by the Cockrell School of Engineering and the Jackson School of Geosciences; freshmen should apply to the Jackson School, while transfers should apply to Cockrell
***Integrated undergraduate/graduate program