[5][6][7][8] The economic impact of the UH System contributes over $3 billion annually to the Texas economy, while generating about 24,000 jobs.

The chancellor of the UH System is Renu Khator, who serves concurrently as president of the University of Houston.

[11] By 1971, the 62nd Texas Legislature passed House Bill 199 authorizing the establishment of the University of Houston at Clear Lake City as a separate and distinct institution with the organization and control vested in the Board of Regents of the University of Houston.

[14][15] The University of Houston System was created by statute on August 29, 1977, under House Bill 188 during the 65th Texas Legislature.

During the 68th Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 235 (SB 235) was signed into law and became effective immediately on April 26, 1983.

[23] The governance, control, jurisdiction, organization, and management of the University of Houston System is vested in its board of regents.

The Board consists of a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and seven other members, including one student who serves a one-year term as regent.

In 1948, the house was donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and later sold to Gus and Lyndall Wortham in 1951.

The house, located in the Houston neighborhood of Southampton, serves as a facility for small functions or gatherings of the UH System.

Each institution is a stand-alone university, confers its own degrees, and maintain additional instruction sites within the Houston Metropolitan area.

[30] Each university has additional instruction sites that make education accessible to the greater population of Houston.