University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy and the third-oldest academic institution in the University of Texas System.德克萨斯大学艾尔帕索分校（UTEP）是位于得克萨斯州艾尔帕索的一所公立研究型大学，1913 年以州立矿业与冶金学校之名创办，是德克萨斯大学系统中历史第三悠久的学术机构。

It enrols about 24,000 students in nine colleges and schools and awards 74 bachelor's, 76 master's and 22 doctoral degrees, with Carnegie R1 status for very high research activity and a research budget of 145.7 million dollars.学校在九个学院中培养约 24,000 名学生，可授予 74 个学士、76 个硕士与 22 个博士学位，获卡内基「R1 极高科研活动」分类，科研预算为 1.457 亿美元。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UTEP sits in the 1201-1400 band, while U.S. News places it 1,238th in its 2026-2027 global table and OpenAlex records 35,856 works and 1,396,033 citations.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 区间；《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年度全球榜单将其列为第 1,238 位，OpenAlex 收录其成果 35,856 项、引用 1,396,033 次。

History

• On 16 April 1913 Governor Oscar Branch Colquitt signed Senate Bill 183, creating the State School of Mines and Metallurgy and making El Paso the seat of a new public technical institution.1913 年 4 月 16 日，州长奥斯卡·布兰奇·科尔奎特签署第 183 号参议院法案，创办州立矿业与冶金学校，使艾尔帕索在与州内其他城市的竞争中获得了这所矿业学校，也奠定了城市此后一个多世纪的工程教育传统。
• The school opened on 28 September 1914 with 27 students in buildings of the former El Paso Military Institute, on a site beside Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa.学校于 1914 年 9 月 28 日开学，仅有 27 名学生，这批学生成为学校最早的一届，校舍借用前艾尔帕索军事学院，位于布利斯堡旁的拉诺里亚台地。
• By 1916 enrolment had reached 39, including the first two women, Ruth Brown and Grace Odell, a sign that the mining school was becoming a general institution.到 1916 年，在校生增至 39 人，其中包括最早的两名女生露丝·布朗与格蕾丝·奥德尔，显示这所矿业学校正向综合性院校转变。
• A fire on 29 October 1916 destroyed the main building, forcing the school to rebuild on its present site above Mundy Heights on land donated by El Paso residents.1916 年 10 月 29 日的一场大火烧毁了主楼，学校被迫在现址重建，重建计划由本地居民捐款支持，用地由艾尔帕索居民捐赠，位于蒙迪高地之上。
• Kathleen Worrell, wife of the first dean, saw photographs of Bhutanese monasteries in the April 1914 National Geographic and proposed the dzong style that still defines the campus.首任院长之妻凯瑟琳·沃雷尔在 1914 年 4 月《国家地理》上看到不丹寺院的照片，提议采用至今仍定义校园风貌的宗堡建筑风格。
• El Paso architects Gibson and Robertson drew the first Bhutanese Revival designs, and the commission passed to Henry Trost, whose successors Percy McGhee continued the style through 1950.艾尔帕索建筑师吉布森与罗伯逊绘制了最初的不丹复兴式图纸，工程随后交由亨利·特罗斯特，其继任者珀西·麦吉把这一风格延续到 1950 年。
• The Board of Regents renamed the institution the Department of Mines and Metallurgy in 1919 and the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas in 1920.董事会于 1919 年将其更名为矿业与冶金系，1920 年又定为德克萨斯大学矿业与冶金学院。
• In 1923 students painted a large M for Miners on the Franklin Mountains, a landmark later moved beside the Sun Bowl and still maintained by the university.1923 年，学生在富兰克林山上漆出巨大的字母「M」代表矿工队，这一地标后来迁到太阳碗体育场旁，至今仍由学校维护，这一传统也延续至今。
• In 1949 the college became Texas Western College, the name it carried when it began admitting a broader student body after the Second World War.1949 年，学院改称德克萨斯西部学院，这一校名伴随它在二战后扩大招生、接纳更广泛的学生群体。
• In 1961 UTEP trained the first Peace Corps class in the United States, months after President Kennedy signed the programme into law.1961 年，该校培训了美国第一批和平队学员，时间就在肯尼迪总统签署该项目法律后数月。
• Sun Bowl Stadium was built in 1963, giving the football team and the annual Sun Bowl game a permanent home on the western edge of campus.太阳碗体育场于 1963 年建成，为橄榄球队和一年一度的太阳碗比赛提供了位于校园西缘的永久主场。
• On 19 March 1966 Texas Western won the NCAA basketball championship 72-65 over Kentucky with the first all-black starting five in the final, finishing the season 28-1. The team entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007, and the season, later seen as a milestone in the racial integration of American sport, was retold in Haskins's 2005 autobiography and the 2006 film Glory Road.1966 年 3 月 19 日，德克萨斯西部学院以 72 比 65 击败肯塔基，夺得全国大学体育协会篮球冠军，决赛首发五人全为黑人，赛季战绩 28 胜 1 负。该队于 2007 年入选奈史密斯篮球名人堂，这个赛季被视为美国体育种族融合的里程碑，球队返城时受到艾尔帕索市民夹道欢迎，这场决赛至今仍被视为美国大学篮球史上最具象征意义的比赛之一，后来被写入哈斯金斯 2005 年的自传并拍成 2006 年电影《光荣之路》。
• When the 60th Texas Legislature created the University of Texas System in 1967, the college took its present name, The University of Texas at El Paso, and the trademarked short form UTEP.1967 年第 60 届得克萨斯州议会设立德克萨斯大学系统时，学院改用现名德克萨斯大学艾尔帕索分校，并采用注册商标式简称 UTEP。
• The cross country team won the first of seven NCAA men's titles in 1969, and the indoor and outdoor track teams added further national championships in 1974 and 1975.越野队于 1969 年赢得七次全国大学体育协会男子冠军中的第一次，室内与室外田径队又在 1974 与 1975 年增添全国冠军。
• A doctoral programme in geological sciences was approved in 1974, the university's first, followed by electrical engineering in 1989 and computer engineering in 1991.1974 年，地质科学博士项目获批，成为该校首个博士项目，随后 1989 年增设电气工程、1991 年增设计算机工程。
• The Engineering-Science Complex opened in 1976 and the College of Nursing was founded the same year, broadening the university beyond mining and engineering.工程科学综合楼于 1976 年启用，同年护理学院成立，使学校从矿业与工程扩展到健康领域。
• The Special Events Center, now the Don Haskins Center, opened in 1977 with 12,000 seats and was renamed for the coach after his retirement in 1999, while Sun Bowl Stadium was expanded to 52,000 seats in 1982.特别活动中心于 1977 年启用，设 1.2 万个座位，1999 年教练退休后更名为唐·哈斯金斯中心；太阳碗体育场则在 1982 年扩建至 5.2 万座。
• The six-storey university library opened in 1984, and Diana Natalicio became the first woman president in 1988, serving until 2019 as the longest-serving president of a major public research university.六层高的大学图书馆于 1984 年开放；1988 年戴安娜·纳塔利西奥成为首位女校长，任职至 2019 年，是大型公立研究型大学中任期最长的校长。
• UTEP launched an online MBA in 1999, was classified as a doctoral research-intensive university in 2000, and opened the 11 million dollar Durham Sports Center in 2002.该校于 1999 年推出在线工商管理硕士，2000 年被列为博士研究密集型大学，2002 年启用耗资 1,100 万美元的达勒姆体育中心。
• Heather Wilson, a former U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, became the 11th president in August 2019, and in June 2023 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed the university on warning status.前美国空军部长希瑟·威尔逊于 2019 年 8 月出任第 11 任校长；2023 年 6 月，南方院校协会将学校列入警告状态。
• The Sun Bowl game was first played in 1935, three decades before the stadium of the same name opened, and it remains one of the oldest postseason bowls in the United States.太阳碗赛于 1935 年首次举行，比同名体育场启用早近三十年，至今仍是美国历史最悠久的季后赛碗赛之一，比赛多在元旦前后举行，吸引边境两地观众。

Academics

• UTEP's nine colleges and schools are Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Education, Health Sciences, Nursing, the School of Pharmacy and the Graduate School.该校九个学院为文学院、理学院、工程学院、工商管理学院、教育学院、健康科学学院、护理学院、药学院与研究生院。
• The university awards 74 bachelor's degrees, 76 master's degrees and 22 doctorates, and follows a semester calendar with a short winter session in January.学校可授予 74 个学士、76 个硕士与 22 个博士学位，实行学期制，并在一月设短期冬季课程。
• UTEP reported 145.7 million dollars in research and development spending for fiscal 2023, with major work in aerospace, border health, advanced manufacturing and materials.该校 2023 财年科研与开发支出为 1.457 亿美元，重点方向包括航空航天、边境健康、先进制造与材料。
• It offers the only bilingual Master of Fine Arts in creative writing in the United States, with workshops conducted in both English and Spanish.该校开设全美唯一的双语创意写作艺术硕士项目，工作坊以英语与西班牙语并行授课。
• More than 80 per cent of students are Hispanic, making UTEP one of the largest Hispanic-serving institutions in the country and a national model for Mexican-American student success.该校八成以上学生为拉美裔，是全美规模最大的拉美裔服务院校之一，也被视为墨西哥裔学生成功的全国样板。
• The College of Engineering runs programmes in aerospace, civil, computer, electrical, industrial, mechanical and metallurgical engineering, and works closely with regional manufacturers.工程学院开设航空航天、土木、计算机、电气、工业、机械与冶金工程等专业，并与地区制造业保持紧密合作。
• The Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research builds small satellites and rocket payloads with students, and UTEP is a regular participant in NASA-funded student flight projects.空间探索与技术研究中心由师生共同研制小型卫星与火箭载荷，该校也经常参与美国航天局资助的学生飞行项目。
• The Border Biomedical Research Center studies diabetes, obesity, infectious disease and environmental health problems that affect communities on both sides of the Rio Grande.边境生物医学研究中心研究影响里奥格兰德河两岸社区的糖尿病、肥胖、传染病与环境健康问题。
• The School of Pharmacy is operated jointly with the University of Texas at Austin, and the College of Health Sciences trains nurses, physical therapists and clinical laboratory scientists.药学院与德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校联合办学，健康科学学院培养护士、物理治疗师与临床检验科学家。
• UTEP's doctoral programmes include geological sciences, electrical and computer engineering, psychology, environmental science and engineering, history and international business, with civil engineering and rhetoric added in 2003.该校博士项目包括地质科学、电气与计算机工程、心理学、环境科学与工程、历史与国际商务，2003 年又增设土木工程与修辞学。
• A cooperative doctoral programme in nursing began in 2000 and a pharmacy doctorate in 1996, extending the university's health portfolio into advanced practice.护理博士合作项目于 2000 年开始，药学博士项目于 1996 年启动，把学校的健康学科延伸到高级执业领域。
• The university enrolled about 24,000 students in fall 2024 and employed roughly 1,300 academic staff, with a student-to-faculty ratio near 19 to 1.2024 年秋季，学校注册约 24,000 名学生，聘用约 1,300 名专任教师，师生比约为十九比一。
• UTEP's online MBA, launched in 1999, was among the first fully online programmes at a Texas public university and now serves students across the border region.该校 1999 年推出的在线工商管理硕士，是得克萨斯州公立大学中最早的全在线项目之一，如今服务整个边境地区的学生。
• The university library holds more than 1.5 million items, including archives on the Mexican Revolution and the history of the El Paso-Juárez borderlands.大学图书馆藏书逾 150 万件，其中包括墨西哥革命与艾尔帕索-华雷斯边境历史的档案。
• Research partnerships link UTEP with Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories, the National Science Foundation and regional health providers.该校与桑迪亚、洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室、国家科学基金会及地区医疗机构建立了科研合作关系。
• Admission is open to Texas residents who meet state standards, and the university draws most of its students from El Paso County and the surrounding border region.招生向符合州标准的得克萨斯居民开放，学生大多来自艾尔帕索县及周边边境地区。
• The College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International, and the engineering programmes are accredited by ABET, the main American engineering accreditor, covering both undergraduate and graduate degrees.工商管理学院获得国际商学院协会认证，工程类项目则获得美国工程与技术认证委员会的认证，覆盖本科与研究生学位，商学院与工程学院还与企业合作提供实习机会。

Campus

• The main campus rises on hillsides above the Rio Grande, looking across the river to Ciudad Juárez, and is bisected by Interstate 10 and the border railway.主校园坐落在里奥格兰德河上方的山坡上，隔河可见华雷斯城，10 号州际公路与边境铁路从旁穿过，校园海拔约 1,200 米，沙漠气候使昼夜温差明显。
• Its Bhutanese dzong architecture, with sloping walls, overhanging roofs and coloured bands, began with Kathleen Worrell's 1914 proposal and remains the campus's defining feature.校园的不丹宗堡式建筑以斜墙、出檐屋顶和彩色饰带为特征，源于凯瑟琳·沃雷尔 1914 年的提议，至今仍是其标志。
• Sun Bowl Stadium, opened in 1963 and seating 51,500, hosts UTEP football and the annual Sun Bowl game, one of the oldest post-season bowls in the United States.太阳碗体育场于 1963 年启用，可容纳 51,500 人，是 UTEP 橄榄球队与年度太阳碗赛的主场，后者是美国历史最悠久的季后赛碗赛之一。
• The Don Haskins Center, built in 1977 as the Special Events Center, seats 12,000 for basketball and concerts and is known as the Bear's Den.唐·哈斯金斯中心建于 1977 年，原名特别活动中心，可容纳 1.2 万人观看篮球赛与音乐会，绰号「熊窝」。
• The university library, a six-storey building opened in 1984, anchors the academic core beside Centennial Plaza and the student union, and the Centennial Museum documents the region's natural and cultural history.1984 年启用的六层大学图书馆位于学术核心区，毗邻百年广场与学生活动中心；百年博物馆则记录本地区的自然与文化历史。
• In 2009 the Kingdom of Bhutan presented UTEP with a hand-carved wooden temple, now installed on campus as a mark of the architectural kinship between the university and the Himalayan kingdom.2009 年，不丹王国向该校赠送一座手工雕刻的木制庙宇，现安放于校园，象征这所大学与喜马拉雅王国之间的建筑渊源。
• The campus master plan approved in the 2020s calls for new science buildings and the removal of several historic structures, a decision that provoked preservation debate in 2024.2020 年代批准的校园总体规划要求新建科学大楼并拆除若干历史建筑，这一决定在 2024 年引发保护争议。
• El Paso's international airport lies fifteen minutes from campus, and the city's streetcar and bus network connect the university with downtown and the border crossings, while Kidd Field and University Field host track and soccer.艾尔帕索国际机场距校园约十五分钟车程，城市有轨电车与公交网络把学校与市中心及边境口岸连接起来，基德田径场与大学球场则承办田径与足球比赛。
• The Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts mounts contemporary exhibitions, while the Centennial Museum's Chihuahuan Desert Gardens cultivate cactus, agave and other plants native to the border region.斯坦利与杰拉尔德·鲁宾视觉艺术中心举办当代艺术展览，百年博物馆的奇瓦瓦沙漠花园则种植仙人掌、龙舌兰等边境地区原生植物。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UTEP is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a tied range rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 区间，这是并列区间而非单一排名，该榜以学术声誉、雇主评价与师生比为指标。
• UTEP does not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and therefore has no position in that table.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，在该年度榜单中没有名次。
• U.S. News and World Report ranks UTEP 1,238th in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, which is built on research reputation and bibliometric measures.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学榜单将该校列为第 1,238 位，该榜依据科研声誉与文献计量指标。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, does not place UTEP in its main table.由软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名主榜未收录该校。
• UTEP is classified as an R1 doctoral university with very high research activity, a Carnegie category it has held since the 2000s, and it is one of a handful of universities with at least 21 NCAA titles across several sports.该校被卡内基分类列为「R1 极高科研活动」博士大学，这一类别自 2000 年代以来一直保持；它也是少数在多个项目中累计获得至少 21 项全国大学体育协会冠军的大学之一。
• OpenAlex records 35,856 works and 1,396,033 citations for UTEP, with output concentrated in engineering, materials science, public health and the geosciences.OpenAlex 收录该校 35,856 项成果与 1,396,033 次引用，产出集中于工程、材料科学、公共卫生与地球科学。
• The Miners have won 21 NCAA Division I national championships, including seven in men's cross country and seven in men's indoor track and field.矿工队共获 21 项全国大学体育协会一级联赛全国冠军，其中男子越野七项、男子室内田径七项。
• The 1966 basketball title, retold in the film Glory Road, is often cited as a landmark in the racial integration of American college sport.1966 年篮球冠军后来被拍成电影《光荣之路》，常被视为美国大学体育种族融合的里程碑。
• UTEP is consistently ranked among the leading U.S. universities for social mobility, reflecting its role in educating first-generation and low-income students from the border region.该校长期位居美国社会流动性领先高校之列，反映出它为边境地区第一代大学生与低收入学生提供教育的作用。
• UTEP is often described as the only doctoral research university in the United States with a majority Mexican-American student body, a distinction that shapes its access mission and its border research agenda.该校常被称为全美唯一以墨西哥裔美国学生为主体的博士研究型大学，这一特征塑造了它的入学使命与边境研究议程，也使学校在社会流动性榜单中表现突出。

Student life

• The mascot is Paydirt Pete, a prospector figure, and the university colours are orange, white and blue, inherited from the University of Texas and supplemented in the 1980s.学校吉祥物是淘金者形象的「佩德特·皮特」，校色为橙、白、蓝，源自德克萨斯大学，并在 1980 年代加入了蓝色。
• The fight song uses the melody of Marty Robbins's Grammy-winning country hit El Paso, with new words written by the music department in the late 1980s.该校战歌采用马蒂·罗宾斯获格莱美奖的乡村歌曲《艾尔帕索》的旋律，歌词由音乐系在 1980 年代后期重新填写。
• The annual Sun Bowl game, first played in 1935, brings tens of thousands of visitors to El Paso and is one of the oldest college bowl games in the country.始于 1935 年的太阳碗赛每年为艾尔帕索带来数万名游客，是全美历史最悠久的大学碗赛之一。
• The Battle of I-10 against New Mexico State University, whose campus lies about forty miles away, is the university's principal football rivalry.该校与新墨西哥州立大学之间的「10 号公路之战」是主要橄榄球对抗，对方校园距此约四十英里。
• Fans make the pickaxe hand sign at basketball free throws and football kickoffs, a gesture that began at a cheerleading camp in the early 1980s.球迷在篮球罚球与橄榄球开球时做出鹤嘴锄手势，这一动作起源于 1980 年代初的一次啦啦队训练营。
• The Prospector, the student newspaper, has published since 1919 and took its nickname from the mining heritage celebrated in the university's seal, while the Marching Miners band performs at home football games.学生报纸《勘探者》自 1919 年创刊，其名称取自校徽所纪念的矿业传统；「行进矿工」乐队则在主场橄榄球赛上演出。
• More than 200 student organisations operate on campus, including chapters of national honor societies, cultural associations and engineering competition teams.校园内有 200 多个学生组织，包括全国性荣誉学会分会、文化协会与工程竞赛队。
• The campus sits directly on the U.S.-Mexico border, and bilingual life, cross-border families and local Spanish-language media shape student culture.校园紧邻美墨边境，双语生活、跨境家庭与当地西班牙语媒体共同塑造了学生文化。
• UTEP moved from the Western Athletic Conference to Conference USA in 2005, and its teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I.该校于 2005 年从西部体育联盟转入美国联盟，其球队参加全国大学体育协会一级联赛的橄榄球碗赛分区。
• Miner Village provides apartment-style student housing a short walk from classes, and fraternities and sororities recruit through the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils.矿工村提供公寓式学生宿舍，步行即可到教室；兄弟会与姐妹会则通过泛希腊理事会与校际兄弟会理事会招募成员，多数高年级学生则选择在校外租房。

Notable people

• F. Murray Abraham, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1985 for Amadeus, studied at UTEP before completing his training in New York.1985 年凭《莫扎特传》获奥斯卡最佳男主角的 F·默里·亚伯拉罕，曾在 UTEP 学习，后赴纽约完成训练。
• Nate Archibald, a Basketball Hall of Fame guard, played at UTEP from 1967 to 1970 and later won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics.篮球名人堂后卫内特·阿奇博尔德 1967 至 1970 年在 UTEP 效力，后来随波士顿凯尔特人夺得美职篮总冠军。
• Tim Hardaway, a five-time NBA All-Star, played for the Miners from 1985 to 1989 and is one of the university's best-known basketball alumni.五次入选美职篮全明星的蒂姆·哈达威 1985 至 1989 年为矿工队效力，是该校最著名的篮球校友之一。
• Bob Beamon, who set the world long jump record at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, competed for UTEP before his record leap of 8.90 metres.1968 年墨西哥城奥运会上以 8.90 米刷新跳远世界纪录的鲍勃·比蒙，在创造纪录前曾代表 UTEP 参赛。
• Sam Donaldson, the ABC News White House correspondent, graduated from UTEP and later endowed a communication studies centre in his name.美国广播公司新闻驻白宫记者萨姆·唐纳森毕业于该校，后来捐资设立了以他命名的传播研究中心。
• Susana Martinez, governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019, earned her bachelor's degree at UTEP and was the first Hispanic woman elected governor of a U.S. state.2011 至 2019 年任新墨西哥州州长的苏珊娜·马丁内斯在 UTEP 取得学士学位，是美国首位当选州长的拉美裔女性。
• John D. Olivas, a NASA astronaut who flew on two space shuttle missions, earned engineering degrees at UTEP before joining the Johnson Space Center.曾执行两次航天飞机任务的美国航天局宇航员约翰·D·奥利瓦斯，在加入约翰逊航天中心前于 UTEP 取得工程学位。
• Don Maynard, a Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver, played college football at UTEP and later starred for the New York Jets in their 1969 Super Bowl season.职业橄榄球名人堂接球手唐·梅纳德在大学时期为 UTEP 打球，后来在 1969 年超级碗赛季效力纽约喷气机。
• Diana Natalicio, president from 1988 to 2019, built UTEP's reputation for social mobility and was the longest-serving president of a major public research university.1988 至 2019 年任校长的戴安娜·纳塔利西奥奠定了该校社会流动性的声誉，是大型公立研究型大学中任期最长的校长。
• Heather Wilson, president since 2019, previously served as U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and as a member of Congress from New Mexico.2019 年起任校长的希瑟·威尔逊，此前曾任美国空军部长与新墨西哥州联邦众议员。
• Eric Hilton, vice chairman of Hilton Hotels and a member of the Hilton family, attended UTEP and has supported its business and hospitality programmes.希尔顿酒店集团副董事长、希尔顿家族成员埃里克·希尔顿曾就读于该校，并支持其商科与酒店管理项目。