High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas`s third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991. The Carnegie Foundation classifies UH as a top-tier research university. The institution ranks among the Top 50 American Research Universities, and is in the Top 300 Academic Ranking of World Universities.