College of Engineering
Graduate students gain advanced knowledge in topics such as energy, power, systems and more through joint research and professional development opportunities available through collaborations with El Paso Electric and other partners. Students develop problem-solving skills through work with exemplary faculty, research in state-of-the-art labs and partnership opportunities with companies such as Blue Origin and NASA.
Interdisciplinary efforts with UTEP’s data science investigators prepare students for a growing, critical field
Work in impressive research spaces like the SenSal Lab and participate in cooperative engineering programs
Help available from PASSE, the college’s Pathways to Success in Graduate Engineering student support program
Juan Carlos Muñoz credits UTEP with changing his life. On campus, he was involved in the Baja Challenge and the Student Government Association. Off campus, he served internships at NASA and Freeport-McMoRan. Today, he is helping to develop the next generation of electric vehicles as a design release engineer with General Motors.
Graduates move on to Fortune 500 companies throughout the country, but can also find work in the Paso del Norte region. UTEP graduates go on to leadership roles in developing systems and products in the fields of data science, signal analytics or high-performance computing at places like AT&T, IBM and JPMorgan.