UTEP Has Been Part of El Paso Since 1914

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) opened in 1914. It started as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy. Mining was a big industry here back then. Over the years it joined the UT System. It grew into a full university. Today it is one of the city's biggest employers. Most of its students are Hispanic.

UTEP's buildings are easy to spot. The campus uses a style called Bhutanese architecture, modeled on the dzong fortress-monasteries of Bhutan after a 1914 National Geographic article. You can see it from across the city. UTEP offers research, arts, medicine, and graduate programs. It also holds public events and classes for the community. If you are new to El Paso, UTEP is more than a college — it is a resource for the whole city.