
The University of Houston–Victoria (UHV) is a four-year state university, offering bachelor's and master's degrees face-to-face and online. UHV is one of four distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 20 acres (8.1 ha) in Victoria, with satellite locations at UH System centers in Katy, Texas. Founded in 1971, UHV has an enrollment of over 4,300 students.
The school's athletics teams are known as the UHV Jaguars; the university has fielded baseball and softball teams, and men’s and women’s soccer and golf teams. The UHV Jaguars are members of the Red River Athletic Conference and compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division I.