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Phone: 915-747-5526
E-mail: abarrios8@utep.edu
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About The University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso is a major research university at the heart of the U.S.-Mexico border committed to the ideals of access and excellence.
A leader among Hispanic-serving institutions, UTEP enrolls more than 20,400 students, about 75 percent of them Hispanic.
UTEP offers nearly 200 undergraduate and graduate degrees—including 16 doctorates, with more in development.
UTEP is an emerging national research (tier one) university with more than $50 million in total research spending a year. The Carnegie Foundation classifies UTEP as a “high research activity” doctorate-granting university. UTEP is noted for programs in the areas of biomedicine, Hispanic health disparities, border and homeland security, environmental and Earth science, emerging technologies, and borderland arts and humanities, among others.
Visit http://www.utep.edu for more information.