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College of Business Administration


The College of Business Administration at The University of Texas at El Paso shares with the University its fundamental mission to provide the highest quality education to the citizens of El Paso and the West Texas region, commensurate with AACSB International standards for business education. The border location of the University and the expertise developed by the faculty provide an environment that affords opportunities for students to become knowledgeable in international business.

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Ceci Herrera, director of the Central El Paso Community Organization, left, discusses center programming with Isabel Baca, Ph.D., associate professor of English and principal investigator of the Bilingual Professional Writing Certificate, one of three new UTEP certificate programs to launch during the fall 2018 semester. Photo: Daniel Perez / UTEP Communications

New UTEP Certificates to Help Students, Community

Maria Fernanda Ramos lives in two linguistic worlds – English and Spanish – and she is part of a new program at The University of Texas at El Paso that she believes will help her in both of them.

Laura Uribarri, COBA assistant dean for academic programs, talks about the Executive MBA Community Engagement Project at its launch Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at the Graduate Business Center, 201 E. Main Drive.

Executive MBA Students Partner with Local Nonprofits

A recently launched program from The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Business Administration (COBA) will harness the knowledge and experience of its Executive MBA students to assist nonprofits that serve the Paso del Norte region.

Zuobao Wei, Ph.D., professor of finance in The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Business Administration (left), and Barkat Ullah, Ph.D., now an assistant professor of finance in the Graves School of Business and Management of Morgan State University (right).

Article by UTEP Finance Professor, Former Student Recognized

A work co-authored by Zuobao Wei, Ph.D., professor of finance in The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Business Administration, and Barkat Ullah, Ph.D., now an assistant professor of finance in the Graves School of Business and Management of Morgan State University, was designated as one of two outstanding articles published in 2017.

Erik Devos, Ph.D., associate dean in the College of Business Administration, back row left, poses with several members of the first cohort of the college's Prudential Risk Management Academy during a recent gathering in the lobby of the Business Administration Building.

UTEP, Prudential Financial Excited about New Finance Concentration

Math always had been the strongest subject for freshman Sofia Del Toro, but she was not sure how to capitalize on her interest at college. Her uncertainty dissipated after she learned about a new degree concentration at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Denisse Olivas, director of UTEP’s Center for Hispanic Entrepreneurship, discussed the center’s recent research into success factors among Hispanic-owned businesses with Gary Frankwick, Ph.D., professor of marketing, and Carla Villaverde, a 2015 UTEP graduate. Frankwick and Villaverde assisted with the research. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre/UTEP Communications

UTEP Research Benefits Hispanic Business Owners

A study by The University of Texas at El Paso uncovered some insights that may help the thousands of Hispanic business owners in the El Paso metroplex succeed.

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UTEP Students Win 2nd Place in Texas Rural Challenge Business Plan Competition

A team of students from the University of Texas at El Paso’s colleges of engineering and business administration placed second in the student business plan competition of the Texas Rural Challenge, hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development and the Office of the Governor.

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The University of Texas at El Paso
College of Business Administration
Business Administration Building
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79968

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P: (915) 747-5241
F: (915) 747-5147