The University of Houston is Carnegie Tier 1 Research University and has a number of distinguished graduate and Ph.D. programs that rank among the top in the nation. 

• The UH Health Law Program was ranked 4^th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in 2010

• The UH Ph.D. program in Creative Writing 3rd in the U.S. by the Poets and Writers Magazine Reader's Poll in 2008.

• The Cullen College of Engineering was ranked 77th national by the U.S. News and World Report 2012.

• The UH Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law was ranked 8^th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2010.

• The Kinesiology Ph.D. was ranked 15^th in the nation by the American Academy and Physical Education in 2006

• The Department of Economics graduate school was ranked 72^nd in the nation in 2009 by the U.S. News and World Report.

Other Rankings

•  Bauer School 

•  Tier One