Excellence Above All

Organization
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was created by The University of Texas System Board of Regents and supported by the Texas Legislature in 1972. Located in the world renowned Texas Medical Center, it brings together a dental school (established in 1905), a graduate school of biomedical sciences (1963), a medical school (1969), a school of public health (1969), a school of nursing (1972), a school of health information sciences (1997), a psychiatric center (1986) and an institute of molecular medicine for the prevention of human diseases (1995). The university pursues its mission through a comprehensive approach to health.

Mission
As a comprehensive health science university, the mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is to educate health science professionals, discover and translate advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and model the best practices in clinical care and public health.

We pursue this mission in order to advance the quality of human life by enhancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injury, as well as promoting individual health and community well-being.

Vision
“Excellence above all” in the quest to be an acknowledged leader in the collaboration to treat, cure and prevent the most common diseases of our time through education, research and clinical practice.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston aspires to be a leader in the collaboration to treat, prevent, and cure the most common diseases of our time by:

• Utilizing the distinctive capabilities of its schools, clinics, institutes and centers;
• Collaborating with colleagues in the University of Texas System, the Texas Medical Center and throughout the world;
  
• Being an academic health science center that is nationally and internationally recognized in teaching, research and service;
  
• Serving as a home for the visionaries and scholars who will lead the way in defining and creating the future of the health sciences; and
  
• Providing a diverse work environment that is ethically-based, service-oriented and community-sensitive.