University of Advancing Technology

Academic Life

UAT offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in 20 advancing technology disciplines, including our most popular majors—Artificial Life Programming, Game Design, Game Programming, Advancing Computer Science and Network Security. UAT combined educational “global best practices” with its own research to create a learning model called Synchronic Learning, affording students the ability to complete a Bachelor’s degree in less than three years.

UAT Stats:

• Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 12:1
• Average Incoming GPA: 3.1
• Average Class Size: 13
• Average SAT Score: 1561
• Average ACT Score: 24
• Full and Part-Time Faculty Members: 79  

*Information based on data collected from the September 2010 class of incoming freshmen.

Campus Life

Changing the world through technology is inherent in UAT's mission. Whenever and wherever possible, we open up our campus and technology resources to allow students and professionals alike to participate in this endeavor with us. UAT provides a rich campus life for students and faculty. Our unique technology-infused campus facilities have been designed to enhance collaborative learning. Students, staff and faculty learn, create, live and play together in a team environment.

Founders Hall: Founders Hall is a natural extension of the type of campus we created with modern technology students in mind. It is a perfect complement to the UAT classroom experience and tailor-made for students who like a little tech in their living space.

Facilities and Resources

The University’s datacenter contains more than 60 physical servers and 20-30 Virtualized Servers running all of the services for the university. Using a combination of Boarder Gateway Protocol and Policy Base Routing, the University has connected the student dorm, Founder’s Hall, with an encrypted 125 MBit WiMax wireless connection. The campus offers free wireless coverage to all students and visitors and maintains a separate, encrypted wireless network for the University administrators.

The University deploys enough workstations for local system usage for all users. These workstations are purchased annually with a 33% cycle, which means 1/3 of the workstations are new each year. When necessary the University deploys additional, specialty workstations for specific uses such as Xbox development workstations, 360 development workstations and a 3D printer that copies and builds three dimensional models. The University offers, at no charge to students, access to professional-level software applications that directly relate to their technology field of study.

Financial Aid / Tuition

The University of Advancing Technology makes every attempt to ensure that all qualified students can afford their education. Our Office of Student Financial Aid is committed to helping families with the aid application process, individualized counseling and customized packaging of college funding for those who qualify. UAT participates with the federal government to offer eligible students

• Pell Grants
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG)
• Federal Stafford Loans
• Federal PLUS loans
• Federal Work-Study and Veterans (VA) Benefits

A wide variety of private loans are also available to assist students in meeting their educational expenses.

Admission

UAT’s Admissions Office is looking for that student who is not only smart, but who will also be a fit with our unique technology-infused campus culture.

UAT welcomes exceptional students who are passionate about learning in every phase of their life. Just as important in the admissions process is your passion and aptitude for technology. For instance, a good student who has been programming or building websites or advanced robots is of more interest to UAT Admissions than someone who has not demonstrated an aptitude for technology, but has good grades and test scores. In other words, we’re looking for people just like you!

The UAT admissions process can begin as early as your Sophomore year in high school. This can be a great benefit to you, since it allows you to create a relationship with a representative from the University, who can help guide you, every step of the way.

We’re here for you.
Don’t get discouraged if your initial research looks like you won’t be able to get as much financial aid as you think you’ll need. There are many alternative sources for aid beyond the federal government programs – scholarships, grants and loans from a wide variety of sources and UAT counselors can help you find them.