As an enduring symbol of the spirit of Texas—big, ambitious and bold— the University of Texas at Austin drives economic and social progress in Texas and serves our nation as a leading center of knowledge and creativity.
Entrepreneurial students at UT; experience learning that connects the classroom to the enterprise, exposure to world-class faculty who engage and inspire and competitive insight gleaned from leading-edge research. One of the largest and most distinguished business schools in the country, the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is dedicated to educating the business leaders of tomorrow while creating knowledge of critical significance for industry and society.
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Society:
The Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Society is an organization which seeks to develop the entrepreneurial spirit at the University of Texas at Austin. Through forums, special events and social gatherings, it allows students from any major and any experience level to participate in the entrepreneurial community on campus. The organization co-sponsors events with other student groups to bring entrepreneurs in specific industries that share their knowledge and experience. While many of the student members have their own business, the organization also provides assistance to those who wish to create a business by facilitating industry connections, allowing for confidential strategy discussions and suggesting vendors.
Moot Corp Competition:
With a 25-year history, the Moot Corp Competition is the oldest operating inter-business school new-venture competition. Students from business schools around the globe come to the University of Texas at Austin each May to present their business plans to panels of investors. The competition provides students with forums in which they develop skills in pitching their ventures to investors and are able to receive constructive feedback, increasing the probability of successfully launching their ventures.
MAN 337 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Entrepreneurship is the principal source of jobs and wealth in market economies. This is a course that is concern with entrepreneurship, with special emphasis on technology transfer and wealth creation. Technology transfer is the process of taking innovations out of laboratories and finding commercial applications. Although the course will look at all kinds of entrepreneurship, the focus is on technology transfer and new venture development. The course is also concern with explaining how entrepreneurship takes place as well as to why it takes place.
The course also utilizes live case studies; these are individuals who have created wealth and will share their knowledge with the class. The overall aim of the course is to create cement the idea that someone has to concentrate on wealth creation and job creation within the context of market economies.
MAN 337 The Art and Science of Negotiation
Negotiation is the art and science of securing an agreement between two or more interdependent parties who are seeking to maximize their outcomes. This course focuses on understanding the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations in the context of competitive situations. The objectives of the course are to provide students with useful analytical frameworks to understand negotiation in a variety of situations.
BDP 306: Fundamentals of Ethical Leadership
This course explores fundamental concepts in leadership and ethics and is divided into four interdependent sections. In the first section of the course, students will explore the interact-ional nature of ethical leadership and develop a practical lens to view this process. The focus of the course’s second section is on self-awareness as an essential cornerstone of effective leadership and follower-ship. In the third section of the course students will turn their attention to the difficult decisions that they have to make as leaders. The final section of the course will focus on salient topics that are central to the practice and the process of ethical leadership.
These topics include: gender issues in leadership, the dilemma of social proof, peer leadership, leadership while in college, deception as a leader’s tool, and the successful navigation of the tension between individual and collective goals.
BDP 129: Leadership Principles in the Real World
There are a dozen or so Principles or Eternal Truths of Leadership that have been taught by the military and other institutions for many years. It is the intent of this course to review these principles, discuss their meaning and show how they can be applied in our daily lives to help us in a practical way to become more effective leaders. The professor will also use examples from his own life experiences in the military and as Director of Johnson Space Center.
The Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDPs) at The University of Texas at Austin allow undergraduates to earn an interdisciplinary certificate through a course of study that integrates classroom, research, and internship experiences.
The Social Entrepreneurship and Non-profits BDP bring together students who are interested in pursuing a career in the public service sector and expanding their involvement in the community. Non-profit leaders for the 21st century must increasingly understand the blurring of the lines between private, government, and non-profit sectors.
The Social Entrepreneurship and Non-profits BDP allow students to tailor their coursework to fit their interests. Possible areas of focus include, but are not limited to: Art and Social Change, Environment, Health and Health Care, International Development, Youth and Family. The Social Entrepreneurship and Non-profits faculty panel works with students to tailor their coursework to fit their interests, and to identify research and internship opportunities.
The Texas Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) at the McCombs School of Business is also one of the top undergraduate programs in the country.
A list of courses may be viewed at:
http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/dept/management/courses/
U.S. News & World Report Ranks UT Austin’s Entrepreneurship program 7th and its Undergraduate Business School 9th.
Business Week magazine ranks UT Austin’s Undergraduate Business School 10th in the country.
School type: Four Year, Public, Founded: 1883
Affiliation: None
Web site: http://www.utexas.edu/
Student Profile:
Number of undergraduate, full-time students:
34,604
Percentage of undergraduate, full-time male students, female students:
48% male, 52% female
Number of states represented by student body:
50
Number of countries represented by student body:
125
Percentage of international students:
4%
Percentage of minority students:
41%
Faculty Profile:
Number of full-time faculty:
2,687
Student/Faculty Ratio:
17:1
Athletics:
Athletics division, conference, number of varsity sports:
NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, 12 varsity sports.
Financial:
Cost of tuition:
$17,778 In-state tuition includes room and board only.
$37,006 Out-of-state tuition includes room and board only.
Percentage of students who receive some financial aid:
85%
