title: The UTeach Institute
text: # The UTeach Institute
  
  The UTeach Institute is a nonprofit organization created in 2006 in response to growing concerns about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the United States and interest in the secondary STEM teacher certification program, UTeach, started in 1997 at The University of Texas at Austin.
  
  The UTeach Institute issued its first request for proposals to replicate UTeach in 2007. An initial cohort of 13 universities was selected to receive individual grants of up to $1.4 million each to replicate the program over a four-year implementation period from 2008 to 2012. A second cohort of 8 universities was selected for a 2010-2014 grant cycle, and a third cohort of universities is expected to begin implementation in Spring 2012. As of February 2011, excluding the original UTeach program at The University of Texas at Austin, 4,190 students currently were enrolled in UTeach programs at 21 universities across the country.
  
  The UTeach Institute acts as the liaison between the original UTeach program at The University of Texas at Austin and individuals implementing the program on other university campuses. The Institute provides detailed technical assistance and support and hosts an annual conference in Austin, Texas focusing on issues of STEM teacher preparation, national and state STEM education policy, the UTeach program model, and UTeach replication. In addition to assisting the universities implementing UTeach, the UTeach Institute conducts ongoing evaluations of progress and fulfills reporting requirements to various funders.
  
  UTeach has been a model for mathematics and science education programs at other institutions, and has been expanded to involve an additional forty-four universities in twenty-one states by 2019.
  
  ## 2008-2012 (cohort 1)
  
      Florida State University
      Louisiana State University
      Northern Arizona University
      Temple University
      University of California, Berkeley
      University of California, Irvine
      University of Colorado Boulder
      University of Florida
      University of Houston
      University of Kansas
      University of North Texas
      University of Texas, Dallas
      Western Kentucky University
  
  ## 2010-2014 (cohort 2)
  
      Cleveland State University
      Middle Tennessee State University
      University of Colorado Colorado Springs
      University of Memphis
      University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
      University of Tennessee, Knoxville
      University of Texas, Arlington
      University of Texas at Tyler
  
  ## 2011-2015 (cohort 3)
  
      Columbus State University
      Southern Polytechnic State University
      University of Massachusetts, Lowell
      University of West Georgia
  
  ## 2012-2016 (cohort 4)
  
      Boise State University
      Florida Institute of Technology
      Towson University
      University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
      University of Arkansas at Little Rock
      University of Central Arkansas
      University of Texas at Brownsville
      University of Texas, Pan American
  
  ## 2013-2018 (cohort 5)
  
      Drexel University
      Florida International University
      University of Maryland, College Park
      Oklahoma State University
      Old Dominion University
      University of Alabama, Birmingham
  
  ## 2015-2019 (cohort 6)
  
      George Washington University
      Louisiana Tech University
      University of Massachusetts, Boston
      University of Nevada, Reno
      West Virginia University
  
  2016–2020 (cohort 7)
  
      University of Texas at San Antonio
      Morehead State University
  
  2017–2021 (cohort 8)
  
      Central Washington University
  
  The UTeach Institute partners with corporations, foundations, states, and private donors to fund UTeach replication.
  
  