Cockrell School of Engineering
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The Cockrell School of Engineering is one of the eighteen colleges within the University of Texas at Austin. It has more than 8,000 students enrolled in eleven undergraduate and thirteen graduate programs.[4] Annual research expenditures are over $267 million and the school has the fourth-largest number of faculty in the National Academy of Engineering.[5][6][7]
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1894 |
Parent institution | University of Texas at Austin |
Endowment | $780 million (November 2, 2023)[1] |
Dean | Roger Bonnecaze |
Academic staff | 289 |
Undergraduates | 6,112 (Fall 2023)[2] |
Postgraduates | 2.320 (Fall 2023)[3] |
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Previously known as the College of Engineering, on July 11, 2007, the University of Texas at Austin renamed the College after 1936 graduate Ernest Cockrell Jr., whose family helped to build a $140 million endowment for the College.[8]