University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is a public research university with multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas and is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas after the consolidation of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and the Texas–Pan American. The transformative initiativedate=April 2021 provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine.