The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public urban university located in the El Paso/Juarez metropolis of 2.4 million residents on the U.S.-Mexico border.

• In fall 2008, UTEP enrolled a record 20,458 students - the seventh consecutive record fall enrollment.
• UTEP proudly delivers higher education access and excellence to a 21st century demographic - 75 percent of the University's students are Hispanic, and more than half are fi rst in their families to attend college.
• With more than $50 million in annual research spending, UTEP ranks among the top UT System academic institutions. The Carnegie Foundation classifies UTEP as a "high research activity" doctorate-granting university.
• UTEP scientists have received numerous awards of $1 million and more from prestigious research programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the departments of Defense and Energy, and other public and private agencies.
• UTEP has nearly 1,200 faculty, and one of the highest percentages of minority faculty among universities in the United States - more than 30 percent.
• UTEP offers 80 bachelor's degrees, 80 master's-level degrees and programs, and 16 doctorates - with more in development. UTEP also offers cooperative Ph.D. programs in pharmacy and nursing with UT Austin and the UT Health Sciences Center at Houston.
• UTEP is a key economic force in the Paso del Norte region that includes West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. UTEP's operating budget for FY09 is $295 million. According to the UTEP Institute for Policy and Economic Development, the University's contribution to personal income of local individuals is $343 million, and the number of jobs attributed to UTEP's presence totals 6,123.
• UTEP is one of only six minority-serving institutions selected by NASA and the National Science Foundation for the Model Institutions for Excellence program to increase graduates from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.
• UTEP is one of only 11 universities nationwide to receive a $5 million "Teachers for a New Era" research grant from the Carnegie Corporation.
• On the playing field, the UTEP Miners compete in Division 1 sports as a member of Conference USA's West Division. UTEP is home to the 51,500-seat Sun Bowl Stadium and the 12,000-seat Don Haskins Center, named for the legendary coach who, in 1966, delivered Texas' only Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship.
• In the 2008-09 academic year, the University embarked on an unprecedented $260 million program of new construction and renovation projects, including a teaching and research building for chemistry and computer science; a facility for the College of Health Sciences and the School of Nursing; a new University Bookstore and the Foster Stevens Basketball Complex.