--- title: Professor Matthew McConaughey Goes Back to School in Austin description: The Oscar-winning actor dropped by the University of Texas at Austin to help lead an advanced-level filmmaking seminar at his alma mater. canonical: https://time.com/4472867/professor-matthew-mcconaughey-already-taught-a-college-class-before-the-end-of-summer/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-30T18:14:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:01.715Z og:title: Professor Matthew McConaughey Went Back to School in Austin og:description: The actor is helping lead a class on advanced producing at UT Austin this fall. og:url: https://time.com/4472867/professor-matthew-mcconaughey-already-taught-a-college-class-before-the-end-of-summer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Professor Matthew McConaughey Went Back to School in Austin twitter:description: The actor is helping lead a class on advanced producing at UT Austin this fall. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Professor Matthew McConaughey Already Taught a College Class Before the End of Summer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 30, 2016 6:14 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 30, 2016 6:14 PM UTC Matthew McConaughey, who was [announced as a contributing as a teacher](http://time.com/4390188/matthew-mcconaughey-will-show-up-at-least-once-for-his-new-college-professor-gig/?iid=sr-link1) at the University of Texas at Austin, earlier in the summer, stopped by the classroom last week to help lead the seminar, [Advanced Producing: Script to Screen](http://rtf.utexas.edu/undergraduate/courses). He appeared fresh off his patriotic [spectating activities](http://time.com/4448621/rio-2016-olympics-matthew-mcconaughey/?iid=sr-link1) at the Rio Olympics and new gig as [a whiskey connoisseur.](http://time.com/4432705/matthew-mcconaughey-wild-turkey-ads/?iid=sr-link2) **Quiz**: [_5 Must-Haves Before You Head to College_](http://motto.time.com/4447131/college-packing-checklist/) Wearing a casual t-shirt and baseball hat, McConaughey doesn’t look like your average professor. Then again, he’s also not your average actor. This also is [the second time](http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Matthew-McConaughey-will-teach-a-film-class-at-8334156.php) that McConaughey has taught the filmmaking seminar at his alma mater, so he’s used to the drill by now. As for the students? The class size was capped at 30, so they each probably got in some quality time with McConaughey. 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