In a significant move to expand higher educational offerings across the Houston region, the University of Houston has received approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer three new undergraduate engineering degrees in Katy.
The UH Bauer College of Business also will offer upper division classes at the UH at Sugar Land instructional site.
"The UH at Katy and UH at Sugar Land instructional sites offer a University of Houston Tier One education to residents across our region in disciplines that are in great demand," said Paula Myrick Short, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. "These new undergraduate classes and programs are yet another step in making higher education and a UH degree accessible to the greater Houston metropolitan area."
The UH Cullen College of Engineering this fall will begin offering undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and analytics, construction engineering and systems engineering at UH at Katy. The coordinating board approved the new degrees Jan. 23.
A collaboration with Houston Community College, the UH/HCC Engineering Academy in Katy, means students will be able to complete all classes for the four-year degree in Katy, said J.R. Rao, associate dean for UH Engineering in Katy.
All engineering courses will be taught by UH faculty, while students will take lower division classes and core requirements, such as math and English, through HCC, he said.
Enrollment for the new degree programs will begin with the freshman class in fall 2020. Rao said enrollment is expected to grow to about 750 students when classes are fully enrolled, with about 180 graduates anticipated annually.
