Who here has graduated or is attending the University of Texas at Arlington?

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just curious...

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The University of Texas at Arlington , usually referred to as UT Arlington or UTA, is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Arlington, Texas. UTA has a student population of roughly 25,000 and is the third largest institution of the University of Texas System (after the University of Texas and the University of Texas at San Antonio). It is the second largest academic institution in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex; only the University of North Texas is larger.

Established in 1895 as Arlington College, it was renamed Carlisle Military Academy (1902), Arlington Training School (1913), and Arlington Military Academy (1916). In March 1917, the school was renamed Grubbs Vocational College and became a state-supported institution for the first time as an "extension" of the Texas A&M University System.

While part of the Texas A&M University System the school was renamed North Texas Agricultural College (1923) and then Arlington State College (1949). The school achieved four-year status in 1959.

On April 23, 1965, Arlington State College was transferred to the University of Texas System, and adopted its present name in 1967.

The university contains 11 colleges and departments, each listed with its founding date:[1]

School of Architecture
School of Business Administration
School of Education
College of Engineering (1959)[2]
Graduate School (1965)[3]
Honors College
College of Liberal Arts
School of Nursing
College of Science
School of Social Work
School of Urban and Public Affairs (1967)
UTA has strong programs in architecture, engineering, nursing, public affairs, fine arts, and business.

UTA's business program consistently ranks among the state's top programs in accounting graduates passing the certified public accountant exam; the most recent survey (for the Spring 2004 exam) showed UTA as the top state program in terms of successful candidates. [1]

Unique liberal arts programs include Southwestern Studies and Mexican-American studies. The university is home to a large cartography collection and collections of material relating to the Mexican-American War. UTA houses the Fort Worth Star-Telegram photo archives, a collection representing over 100 years of Dallas-Fort Worth history.

UTA has the only accredited architectural masters degree program in the region.

UTA is home of a university-based nanotechnology research facility, NanoFab Research and Teaching Facility, one of only three such facilities in the country; the others are at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in California.

UTA hosts the Summer Institute of Linguistics, which is affiliated with SIL International, a worldwide non-profit evangelical Christian organization.