The merger of UTSA and UT Health San Antonio to form The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) creates a premier global university deeply committed to making lives better for the communities it serves.
The teams of UTSA’s Sombrilla Magazine and UT Health San Antonio’s Mission Magazine sat down with Taylor Eighmy, PhD, president of UT San Antonio, and Francisco Cigarroa, MD, the university’s senior executive vice president of health affairs and health system, to discuss the timing and importance of this historic integration along with the positive impact it will have on San Antonio, the state of Texas and the nation.
Watch the video highlighting the two leaders’ unified vision of the transformative impact of the merger between two powerhouse institutions, now UT San Antonio.
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest public research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.
UT San Antonio advances knowledge through teaching and learning, scientific innovation, patient care and community engagement. It serves approximately 40,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. Each year, it invests more than $486 million to advance research programs and generates an economic impact of $7 billion for Texas. In addition to being a nationally preeminent academic health center, the university serves more than 2.5 million patient visits annually through its comprehensive health system, UT Health San Antonio.
