T he University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UTMSH) was established on June 13, 1969, as the fourth public school of medicine in The University of Texas System. In June of 1971, the first entering class of thirty-two students formally convened. In 1972, the Freeman Building opened, named after John H. Freeman who helped secure over 200 acres of the land on which the Texas Medical Center now stands. The new building was dedicated by George Bush, then the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, who gave the keynote address. The fall of 1976 saw the opening of the current Medical School Main Building. It physically connects to Hermann Hospital, the primary teaching hospital. A final modification to the school's structure, the cyclotron, was completed in 1983 and is in the front of the building. Conference facilities are extensive with support by departments of Graphic Communications and Conference Operations.

The medical school's fourteen clinical departments provide a full and comprehensive complement of inpatient and outpatient services. The school's Affiliated Residency Training Programs represent twenty specialties and subspecialties and train more than 800 residents. The school has M.D., M.D./Ph.D. and M.D./MPH degree programs. The university fosters collaboration in research between students, faculty, basic scientists and clinicians. International exchange of faculty and students also occurs. The education of physicians and generation of new knowledge are equal objectives of the UT-HMS which now has more than 2,500 alumni.

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