Name

UTHealth Houston

Legal name

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Website

https://uth.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Health Science Center

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI), Schools of Public Health (EDAHAGAD), Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB), Allied Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Schools (PT/OT/SLP, etc.) (EDAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Health sciences education
• Clinical care services
• Biomedical research
• Health professional training
• Translational research

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Funding: UTHealth Houston receives significant federal and state research funding from agencies including NIH, NCI, DOD, and private foundations. Research expenditures exceed $430 million annually.
2. Tuition and Educational Programs: Revenue from undergraduate and graduate health sciences education across seven schools offering degrees in nursing, medicine, dentistry, biomedical informatics, public health, and biomedical sciences.
3. Clinical Care Services: UT Physicians, School of Dentistry, and UT Health Services provide patient care generating revenue through insurance reimbursement and self-pay for medical, dental, and nursing services across Greater Houston.
4. Technology Commercialization and Licensing: Office of Technology Management generates revenue through licensing agreements and startup formation, having produced over $143 million in revenue from over 600 license agreements and 66 portfolio companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

UTHealth Houston (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) is a public academic health science center that delivers health sciences education through seven schools, conducts biomedical and clinical research with over $430M in annual expenditures, and operates clinical practices (UT Physicians, School of Dentistry, UT Health Services) serving patients across Greater Houston through 2,000+ providers in 80+ subspecialties.

Product overview

UTHealth Houston is a health university composed of seven schools offering a comprehensive portfolio of clinical care services, research infrastructure, and educational programs. Clinical services include UT Physicians (McGovern Medical School practice with 2,000+ providers in 80+ subspecialties), School of Dentistry clinical services, and UT Health Services (Cizik School of Nursing). Research services encompass extensive core facilities including imaging (3T/7T MRI, MicroCT, Cryo-EM, advanced microscopy), genomics, proteomics, flow cytometry, cellular therapy, and bioinformatics computing. The institution operates the Clinical Trials Resource Center and Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences to support research. Student services include the myUTH PeopleSoft portal, housing, financial services, and alumni programs. The Office of Technology Management commercializes research through licensing and startup formation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UT Physicians: The clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, providing expert care across Greater Houston.
• UT Health Dentistry
• UT Health Services
• Cizik School of Nursing
• McGovern Medical School
• McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
• MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
• School of Behavioral Health Sciences
• School of Public Health

Products and services

• UT Physicians The clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, providing expert care across 80+ subspecialties with over 2,000 providers serving patients throughout Greater Houston.
• School of Dentistry Clinical Services Dental care services provided by UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, offering general and specialized dental treatments to patients.
• UT Health Services Clinical practice of Cizik School of Nursing providing nursing and health services to patients.
• 3T MRI/PET Imaging Core Cutting-edge uPMR 790 scanner facility supporting both clinical and research imaging with ACR-certified physicist and technologist staff.
• 7T MRI Preclinical Imaging Core State-of-the-art simultaneous 7T Bruker PET-MRI system for preclinical research with capabilities including diffusion tensor imaging, MR angiography, and spectroscopy.
• Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility State-of-the-art Cryo-EM resources including Titan Krios G3 and Glacios Selectris X instruments for high-resolution single particle analysis and cryo-tomography.
• UTHealth Houston Cancer Genomics Center Next-generation sequencing and advanced bioinformatics services for cancer researchers, including biospecimen management, DNA/RNA preparation, and bioinformatics analysis.
• Cellular Therapy Core FDA-registered, FACT-accredited facility providing cGMP-compliant manufacturing of clinical-grade cell and tissue engineering products, including the Judith R. Hoffberger and Evelyn H. Griffin laboratories.
• Clinical Trials Resource Center (CTRC) Comprehensive support for clinical trial conduct including protocol development, regulatory services, data management, recruitment, and quality management.
• Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) Facilitates clinical and translational research across UTHealth Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Memorial Hermann Health System, providing research units, biostatistics, and community engagement.
• Office of Technology Management Intellectual property protection and commercialization services for researchers, having facilitated over 1,000 disclosures, 600+ license agreements, 66 startup companies, and $143M in revenue.
• Health Sciences Degree Programs 34 degree and certificate programs across seven schools offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, biomedical informatics, and biomedical sciences.
• University Housing Student housing across three phases offering reasonably priced, well-maintained apartments for UTHealth Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and MD Anderson students and researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $430M in annual research expenditures supporting health sciences innovation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• City of HopeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Leading cancer center participating in Diakonos Oncology DOC-RM Phase 1/2 study evaluating DOC1021 in refractory melanoma patients who progressed after anti-PD-1 therapy.
• University of Alabama at BirminghamminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Clinical trial site for Diakonos Oncology DOC-RM study evaluating DOC1021 in refractory melanoma patients.
• Massachusetts General HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Clinical trial site for Diakonos Oncology DOC-RM study evaluating DOC1021 in refractory melanoma patients.
• City of HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026Partnership with city of Houston to establish a new academic health department that will strengthen the region's public health workforce, expand hands-on training opportunities, and deepen collaboration between academic experts and city health leaders.
• NeuronoffcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 June 2026UTHealth Houston conducting DOD-funded randomized controlled trial for Neuronoff's Injectrode device for treating neurogenic bladder in spinal cord injury patients, under principal investigator Dr. Argyrios Stampas.
• Diakonos OncologyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 June 2026Diakonos Oncology conducting clinical trials for DOC1021 dendritic cell immunotherapy at UTHealth Houston research facilities, with data presented at ASCO 2026 showing promising GBM survival results.
• Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Collaboration with MSAA, Dell Medical School at UT Austin, pharmaceutical companies Novartis and Genentech, and technology partner SEQSTER for the Multiple Sclerosis Implementation Network (MSIN) now covering over 1,000 participants across 20 sites.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Pharmaceutical partner in MSIN collaboration with MSAA, UTHealth Houston, Dell Medical School, Genentech, and SEQSTER to improve MS care and outcomes.
• GenentechminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Pharmaceutical partner in MSIN collaboration with MSAA, UTHealth Houston, Dell Medical School, Novartis, and SEQSTER for multiple sclerosis research network.
• Neurosoft BioelectronicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2026Swiss neurotechnology company testing its brain-computer interface technology in 10 patients at UTHealth Houston and UMC Utrecht as part of ongoing clinical trials, with plans for US commercialization.
• BrainCheckcoreTechnology or Integration · 21 April 2026UTHealth Houston researchers using BrainCheck's digital cognitive assessment platform for a longitudinal study tracking 630 COVID-19 hospitalized patients over 36 months to identify cognitive trajectories.
• America's Physician GroupsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2026Partnership with America's Physician Groups for an 18-month $1.3M John A. Hartford Foundation project to develop a conversational AI platform helping older adults articulate health priorities before clinical visits.
• University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Texas selected UTHealth Houston and UTMB Galveston to lead multi-year clinical trials for ibogaine treatment for opioid addiction, PTSD, and traumatic brain injuries as part of a $50M state research program.
• Texas Primary Care Community Health CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 October 2024Partnership with eight Texas primary care community health centers for Project CASCADE, a $4.8M NCI-funded study to improve health outcomes for underserved cancer survivors through enhanced primary care coordination and screening adherence.
• Mexican Health Institutes and UCSFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Collaboration with Mexican health institutes and University of California, San Francisco for LISTOS for Cancer Control, a five-year $5M NIH grant to enhance cancer control interventions in Mexico and Latin America through a new research center.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Baylor College of Medicine: Baylor College of Medicine is a Houston-based private health sciences university with medical, graduate, and allied health schools plus extensive NIH-funded research and clinical practices. It is the closest structural peer to UTHealth Houston—same city, same TMC ecosystem, comparable medical school scale and research mission.
• UT Southwestern Medical Center: UT Southwestern is a UT System academic medical center in Dallas combining medical school, graduate school, and clinical hospital operations with more than $600M in annual research funding. It is the largest in-state direct peer with a near-identical operating model and shared UT governance.
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: UTMB Galveston is another UT System health sciences institution with medical, nursing, and graduate schools plus hospital operations. UTHealth and UTMB are even co-leading the state's ibogaine clinical trials program, making them operationally comparable peers at slightly smaller scale.

Regional players

• Texas A&M University Health Science Center: Texas A&M Health Science Center is a state-level health sciences university system with medical, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and public health schools and research institutes. It is comparable in mission (health professions education + research) but operates in College Station/Bryan/Houston-adjacent markets with a different geographic footprint.
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: TTUHSC is a state health sciences university with schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health professions, and public health across West Texas campuses. Mission and governance structure (state university system) align with UTHealth, though TTUHSC operates primarily in a different regional footprint and at smaller scale.
• University of Houston: The University of Houston is a Houston-based public research university with growing biomedical and health research programs. It is comparable as a regional higher-ed peer pursuing health research expansion, though it lacks the dedicated medical school and clinical practice of UTHealth.

Broad incumbents

• MD Anderson Cancer Center: MD Anderson is the world's largest dedicated cancer center and is operationally a UT System sister institution that already co-houses the MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. It is a partial peer for the cancer research, clinical, and graduate education portfolio but is not comparable as a general academic medical center.
• Emory University School of Medicine / Woodruff Health Sciences Center: Emory is a large private academic health science center combining medical, nursing, public health, and biomedical schools with extensive NIH-funded research and Emory Healthcare. It is a comparable broader incumbent on overall operating model and research output scale, useful as an out-of-state benchmark AMC peer.

Others

• Houston Methodist Research Institute: Houston Methodist is a large Houston-area hospital system with a research institute and extensive clinical trial activity located in the same Texas Medical Center. It is comparable as a Houston-based clinical research partner and competitor for research grants and clinical trials but is not an educational institution.
• Memorial Hermann Health System: Memorial Hermann operates the Level I trauma center and the Texas Medical Center teaching hospital where UTHealth faculty practice and conduct translational research via the CCTS. It is a clinical partner and quasi-academic affiliate rather than a true peer, but materially relevant because UTHealth's clinical enterprise depends on it.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uthealthhouston
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UTHSCH
• Facebookfacebook.com/UTHealthHouston
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uthealth-houston
• Instagraminstagram.com/uthealthhouston

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

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