Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center at The University of Texas at Austin

The Kay Bailey Hutchison (KBH) Energy Center at The University of Texas at Austin brings together students, industry leaders, policymakers, alumni, and academic experts to help shape the future of energy. Building on UT Austin’s longstanding leadership in energy, the Center serves as a bridge between the university and the energy industry, fostering the ideas, partnerships, and talent needed to address the complex challenges and opportunities transforming the global energy landscape.

At the heart of the KBH Energy Center’s mission is a commitment to students. Through interdisciplinary education, experiential learning, professional development, and engagement with industry and policy leaders, the Center helps prepare the next generation of energy leaders to understand the forces shaping the sector and to make meaningful contributions throughout their careers. By connecting students across disciplines—including law, business, engineering, and geosciences—with the people and perspectives influencing the industry, the Center helps them build the knowledge, relationships, and leadership skills needed to navigate an evolving energy future.

The Center also advances thoughtful dialogue and informed decision-making on critical energy issues. Through its annual Energy Symposium, leadership forums, policy-focused programming, and year-round engagement with industry and public-sector leaders, the KBH Energy Center creates opportunities to examine emerging trends, explore competing perspectives, and foster productive collaboration on issues that affect Texas, the nation, and the world—including the connections between energy, economic competitiveness, geopolitics, and national security.

By bringing together academic excellence, industry expertise, and diverse perspectives, the KBH Energy Center helps strengthen the connection between education and real-world energy challenges. Its work reflects the understanding that the future of energy will be shaped not only by technology and markets, but also by sound policy, effective leadership, and the people prepared to guide change.

Support for the KBH Energy Center helps advance its mission to educate future energy leaders, encourage informed dialogue on critical energy and policy issues, and build meaningful partnerships across the university and the energy community. Every contribution helps UT Austin continue to develop the people, ideas, and leadership needed to address the nation’s energy challenges, strengthen economic competitiveness, and contribute to a secure and prosperous energy future.