The University of Texas at Dallasis a publicresearch universityin theUniversity of Texas System. The main campus is in theRichardson,Texas,Telecom Corridor, 18 miles (29km) north ofdowntownDallas. The institution, established in 1961 as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest and later renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (SCAS), began as a research arm ofTexas Instruments. In 1969, the founders bequeathed SCAS to the state of Texas officially creating The University of Texas at Dallas.