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Welcome to the College of Health Sciences


The College of Health Sciences offers a range of nationally accredited professional education programs in the health, rehabilitation and human service fields. With over 400 local and national clinical training facilities, our learners receive hands-on practicum experience and community engagement opportunities throughout their education.

Our degree programs lead to careers in several professional fields that consistently rank among the  100 Best Jobs in health-related fields:

Our graduate and undergraduate students work alongside our award-winning faculty and community partners to develop and implement high impact projects that are relevant to improving health outcomes in the Paso del Norte region and abroad.

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UTEP clinical laboratory science students Frances Paez, left, and Amanda Moore, right, participated in November’s U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week at Silva Health Magnet High School. They talked to high school students about appropriate antibiotic use and the spread of superbugs. Photo: Laura Trejo / UTEP Communications

UTEP Health Professions Students Benefit from Community Engagement

Before sunrise Oct. 17, Frances Paez joined 21 other UTEP students majoring in clinical laboratory science (CLS) to conduct screenings of dozens of individuals for high blood sugar, high cholesterol and anemia at the Opportunity Center for the Homeless in Downtown El Paso.

Thenral Mangadu, M.D., Ph.D., left, a public health sciences associate professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, and Nate Robinson, UTEP assistant vice president for facility security in the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, co-founded the Global Alliance for Healthier Populations (GAHP). Launched in 2018, GAHP is an international alliance dedicated to behavioral and social interventions to address and diminish epidemics, in particular targeting the world’s vulnerable and border communities. Photo: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP Alliance Bridges Gap in Global Health

In the Valley of a Thousand Hills — a scenic, rural landscape of densely folded hills nestled between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg in South Africa’s province of KwaZulu-Natal — hundreds of children have lost one or both parents to AIDS-related illnesses.

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The University of Texas at El Paso
College of Health Sciences
Health Sciences and Nursing Building
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, Texas 79968

E: healthsciences@utep.edu
P: (915) 747 – 7280
F: (915) 747 – 7207