The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is a private co-educational Catholic university, which strives to educate graduates who are equipped with the education, professional skills and social consciousness necessary to improve the world around them.
UIW has grown into the largest Catholic university and the fourth-largest private university in the state of Texas. It offers 80 undergraduate and graduate fields of study and has international reach through interchange educational programs in 123 universities in 40 countries.
The University offers doctoral degrees in education, pharmacy, optometry, nursing practice, physical therapy and business administration.