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Motivating and preparing middle and high school students for success in STEM careers through an innovative, challenging academic experience at UTRGV since 1986.
Who We Are
Mission
TexPREP's mission is to provide an innovative, academic program designed to motivate and prepare middle and high school students for success in advanced studies leading to careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
Vision
To serve as a primary resource of early, motivating, and innovative STEM learning experiences to broaden the participation of all students with the collaboration of partner school districts, institutions of higher education, industry, and the community at large.
TexPREP at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is part of the statewide TexPREP system that was born at UT San Antonio in the 1970s and has expanded to several campuses across Texas. The program has been running at UTRGV and its legacy institution since 1986, making it one of the longest-running and largest summer STEM programs for youth at the university.
We currently run programs on both the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses to better serve the Rio Grande Valley community. Students experience a real university environment, engage with STEM faculty, and are mentored by current engineering majors.
The program is accredited by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and students earn one CTE elective high school credit for every year they successfully complete PREP Levels 2 through 4.
We are deeply thankful to the school districts that sponsor their students, our industrial sponsors, parents, UTRGV, and the College of Engineering and Computer Science for partnering with us in this effort.