This has spurred the Radio-Television-Film department on to national recognition,[4] while also giving students more opportunities for internships and jobs after matriculation.

The five-story, 120,000-square-foot building serves as an interactive learning space for students and a landmark gateway to campus at the intersection of Guadalupe and Dean Keeton Streets.

[12] Like the undergraduate portion of the University of Texas at Austin, the Moody College operates on a semester system.

As part of the larger institution, the Moody College is ultimately administered by UT's president and board of trustees.

They are listener-supported and corporate-sponsored public radio station owned and operated by faculty and staff of the University of Texas at Austin.

[18] The Moody College of Communication has the following centers and institutes: Founded in 2005, the UT Los Angeles Program (UTLA, Semester in Los Angeles Program) gives students the opportunity to intern in the entertainment industry while also completing upper division coursework.

The Longhorn Network (the only partnership of its kind) gives a number of College of Communication students an opportunity to participate in internships and panel discussions that provide a first-hand look at the broadcast industry.

[28] The station has interviewed several persons of note in the past including Pauly Shore, Mark Cuban, and Dennis Quaid.

Professors include distinguished scholars and those who have had successful careers independent of the Moody College as filmmakers,[29] journalists,[30] audiologists, speech language pathologists, and industry leaders.

The Moody College has matriculated many distinguished alumni including Walter Cronkite, Lady Bird Johnson, and Matthew McConaughey.

[31] In 2008, Robert Rodriguez graduated from the college with a BS in Radio-Television-Film, and was the University of Texas at Austin Spring 2009 Wide-Commencement Speaker.

[32] The Moody College has also been the starting place for many famous cartoonists including Ben Sargent, Roy Crane, and Berkeley Breathed who had all drawn for The Daily Texan during their tenure.