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For 125 years, UTMB has stood with Texas—training the health care workforce, helping make the state a leader in advancing the understanding and treatment of illness and injury, serving as a significant provider of health care for Texans and their families, and innovating the future of how care is delivered. UTMB opened in 1891 as the nation's first public medical school and hospital under unified leadership—already a pioneer. What began as one hospital and medical school building in Galveston is now a major academic health sciences center of global influence, with medical, nursing, health professions, and graduate biomedical schools a world-renowned research enterprise and a growing, comprehensive health system with hospitals on three campuses and a network of clinics. Today, UTMB has a $3.3 billion annual statewide economic impact in business volume, personal income, and durable goods purchases. More than 42,000 jobs in Texas are directly or indirectly attributed to UTMB. UTMB includes schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate Biomedical Sciences, four institutes for advanced study, a primary medical library, a network of hospitals and clinics that provide a full range of primary and specialized medical care, and numerous research facilities. UTMB is a part of The University of Texas System and a member of the Texas Medical Center. UTMB's mission is to improve health for the people of Texas and around the world by offering innovative education and training, pursuing cutting edge research, and providing the highest quality patient care. We work together to work wonders as we define health care's future and strive to be the best in all our endeavors. Four essential strategic priorities—People, Value, Strategic Management and Growth, and Resources—are the foundation for our strategic vision and efforts to improve lives in an evolving health care landscape. This year, we focus our strategic priorities toward becoming a Top 20 health care provider among our academic medical center peers through our Best Care initiative. Achieving this goal is essential to our future success and will ensure the long-term health of our mission. The Road Ahead helps illustrate how every member of the university community—in classrooms, laboratories, hospitals, clinics, and support areas throughout Texas—is vital to our mission of improving health in Texas and around the world. UTMB has a long and marvelous history of advancing health sciences education, research, and patient care. It was the first academic health center in Texas and is home to the state's first schools of medicine, nursing, and allied health sciences. For 125 years, the University has maintained a forward-thinking spirit that has enabled it to serve its students, patients, and people in Texas and beyond in innovative ways. That pioneering spirit is alive and well today, enabling us to honor our legacy even as we expand our focus to improve health care worldwide. The members of the UTMB community share a deep commitment to service, an enduring dedication to excellence, a strong desire to blaze new trails, and a great willingness to leverage their extraordinary expertise." Established in 1891 as the University of Texas Medical Department, UTMB has grown from one building, 23 students and 13 faculty members to a modern health science center with campuses in Galveston, League City, and Angleton than 3,200 students and about 900 faculty. Research is one of the eight pillars essential to UTMB's mission to improve health for the people of Texas and around the world. Research Services is a value-added partner in the UTMB research enterprise. We facilitate the UTMB research mission, from funding identification through project completion by providing research-specific resources and education promoting research and advising and assisting with administrative policies and regulations. Services for Students with Disabilities is a program within the Office of Student Services in coordination with the Student ADA Office and the Student Affairs offices of the four UTMB schools: Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Each year the Office of Student Life leads and facilitates cultural, recreational, and social celebrations, ceremonies, and events for the University community. We collaborate with students and faculty to implement programs and activities that support students' personal and professional development while expanding their learning experiences. There are over 90 active student organizations here at UTMB. Involvement in one or more organizations helps develop essential life skills, critical thinking, leadership, lifelong learning, and oral and written communication skills. Through additional participation in University related activities, you will discover multicultural and global perspectives, civic and individual responsibility, respect for individuals, a sense of competence, and the capacity to work well with others. View full university