The University of Texas at Dallas is a public research university in theUniversity of Texas System. The main campus is in the Richardson,Texas, Telecom Corridor, 18 miles (29 km) north of downtown Dallas. The institution, established in 1961 as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest and later renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (SCAS), began as a research arm of Texas Instruments. In 1969, the founders bequeathed SCAS to the state of Texas officially creating The University of Texas at Dallas.

　　德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校是德克萨斯大学系统内的一所公立研究型大学。主校区位于德克萨斯州理查森电信走廊，距离达拉斯市中心以北 18 英里(29 公里)。该机构于 1961 年成立，最初名为西南研究生研究中心，后更名为西南高级研究中心(SCAS)，最初是德州仪器公司的一个研究部门。1969 年，创始人将 SCAS 遗赠给德克萨斯州，正式成立了德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校。