Precision, versatility, horizon, Entrepreneurship are some of the many mottoes of the Texas University at San Antonio. Providing quality education and producing skilled technicians, scientists, educationists and humanitarians is all that is meant by UTSA.
With a band of qualified teachers and efficient staff, the Texas University at San Antonio has gained the accredition of being the second largest university among all the universities in Texas. With a booming 28,379 students, having taken admission in 124 graduate and undergraduate degree programs,the UTSA has a total of three campuses- 1604 Campus, Downtown Campus and UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures. Quite evident , it is one of the fastest growing universities in the public domain.
The courses offered in the UTSA include 62 undergraduate , 43 post graduate programes and 19 doctoral programs. Planning for eight additional doctoral programs and seven post graduate programs are still under consideration. Needless to say, UTSA is soon to be branded as one of the best doctoral and research intensive institutions. The two most important centers apart from the other regular educational centers are the the Center for Distance Learning and the Learning and Teaching Center. When the former is meant for the students, who have an urge for higher education but cannot afford to do so, the latter is meant to make efficient teachers out of students.
With the assurance of good library assistance and practical rooms, the students get ample opportunity to bloom into skilled professionals. The libraries are stocked with all kinds of books, required for the assistance of the students as well as the teachers. And these upgraded every year according to necessity. Searching from a heap of 670,000 volumes,35,000 electronic journals, 2,100 periodical subscriptions, 263 electronic databases and material formats like archival materials, maps, microformsand media , has been made easier with OPAC services. The students have easy accessibility to the books with just one click on the computer.
