University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American student population (about 80%) after the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.[7] It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[8][9]
Former names
Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy (1913–1918)
University of Texas Department of Mines and Metallurgy (1918–1921)
Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy (1921–1948)
Texas Western College (1948–1966)[1]
Scientia et Humanitas (Latin)
"Knowledge and Refinement"
April 16, 1913
$241.7 million (Fall 2017)[2]
1,303 (Fall 2016)[4]
1,519
25,151[5]
21,341[5]
3,810[5]
Large City, 366 acres (1.48 km2)
The Prospector
Dark blue, orange, and silver accent[6]
UTEP is home to the Sun Bowl stadium, which hosts the annual college football competition the Sun Bowl every winter.
The campus is one of the few places in the world outside of Bhutan or Tibet to have buildings created with the Dzong architectural style. It sits on hillsides overlooking the Rio Grande river, with Ciudad Juárez in view across the Mexico–United States border.
Academic rankings
172-179
407
304 (tie)
116
255
801-900
1001-1200
801-1000
875 (tie)
School colors and logo[edit]
Since the school was established as a department of the main branch of the University of Texas at Austin, the school's colors were originally orange and white. However, in the early 1980s, Columbia blue was added so now the official colors are orange, white, and blue. When the new UTEP athletic department logo was introduced in the fall of 1999, a darker hue of blue was incorporated into the logo, as well as a silver accent to go with the customary orange.[31]
College of Engineering Department area
Physical Science Building
Library
Centennial Plaza
