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Mission Statement
MISSION
We are a trusted learning community embracing technical education to promote economic growth and student development.
VISION
Our vision is recognition regionally, nationally and internationally for our unique approach and significant contributions in technical training, educational advancement and economic development.
VALUES
DIVERSITY
We value students, faculty and staff as individuals and empower them through respect and equitable treatment. We celebrate personal, cultural and ethnic diversity.
AFFORDABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY
We take pride in cost-effective training and flexible scheduling that allows students to prepare for careers or update skills.
TRAINING
We promote career and educational pathways by providing hands-on, competency-based training. Our curriculum reflects the most recent technological and theoretical development to meet employer and student needs.
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
We embrace community involvement and service to advance economic development and enhance student success.
UTAH COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY (UCAT)
Mission
The mission of the Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT) is to meet the needs of Utah’s employers for technically skilled workers by providing market-driven technical education to both secondary and adult students.
Vision
The Utah College of Applied Technology will be recognized as a world-class provider of technically skilled workers needed for the 21st century workforce.
Guiding Principles
Through its campuses, UCAT prepares students to enter, re-enter, upgrade or advance in the workplace, which contributes to economic development and improves the quality of life for Utah citizens. The UCAT mission is accomplished through competency-based education and training programs, which may be long-term, short-term, apprenticeship or custom-designed for individual employer needs. Most of the programs are offered in a flexible open-entry, open-exit format.
