A banner displaying the University of Texas San Antonio emblem flies on campus.
The merger now means that UT San Antonio boasts 15 colleges and schools across six campuses, offering 320 undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates. Credit: Courtesy of UT San Antonio

The University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio formalized their merger on Monday, creating state’s the third-largest public research university, according to school officials.

The merged university, rebranded as UT San Antonio, now has 40,000 students, 17,000 staff and an research expenditure of $486 million.

UT San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy, who’s overseen the institution since 2017, said the school will serve as an example for the whole University of Texas system along with the state and the nation.

“We intentionally grounded UT San Antonio in excellence — excellence in education, healthcare, transdisciplinary research and discovery — to form a model public research university that is nimble, creative and unlike any other,” Eighmy said.

The merger means that UT San Antonio now boasts 15 colleges and schools across six campuses, offering 320 undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates.

UT San Antonio also now has a new, albeit controversial logo, which was officially unveiled over the weekend. Although the institution has changed branding, its sports teams will still play under the UTSA insignia with Rowdy the Roadrunner remaining their mascot.

“I cannot overstate the significance of what this new UT San Antonio will mean to Texas and the nation,” UT System Board of Regents Chairman Kevin Eltife said. “This is and always will be about impact. It’s about bringing together two institutions that complement each other – one with academics, research, the arts, and athletics, and another that has all that you could ask for to make patients’ lives better through health education, research and clinical care.”

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This article appears in Aug 21 – Sep 2, 2025.

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., whose work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando...