About Us

The University of Advancing Technology (UAT) is the technophile’s college experience—a geek-friendly community uniquely suited to provide students passionate about technology an ideal place to live and grow. UAT is a private university for geeks that merges the values of the traditional academy with the modern technology campus, a fusion that enhances our ability to fulfill the mission of educating students in the fields of advancing technology to become innovators of the future.

Learning at UAT extends from our students, staff and faculty to the institution itself. UAT's dedication to learning is reflected in our efforts to create and develop new ways of learning that focus on the personal mission and vision of every member of the UAT community.

UAT strives to foster knowledge creation and achieve academic excellence. We are at the forefront of developing academic programs that tend to be unique among academia or emerge years ahead of other schools, such as Artificial Life Programming and Robotics and Embedded Systems, as well as our established Game Development majors that merged artistic and programming aspects long before other colleges chose that focus for themselves.

At the heart of UAT’s curricula is a technology-infused campus in Tempe, Arizona. This fusion of the traditional academy with the technology-focused curricula creates a distinct, non-exclusionary and geek-friendly university in which students learn to value their own uniqueness and the power of technology in education.

Master of Science Degrees Offered

• Advancing Computer Science

Software development and computer science are moving in new directions, and in order to capture these movements, a modern day software developer needs to stay abreast of these changes. New algorithmic structures, code metaphors and programming languages are being developed to capture new architectures and paradigms in software development. Advancing computer science aims to capture the fluid movement of software development and to advance the field further through the development of cutting edge research and applications.

• Emerging Technologies

Emerging Technologies (EmTech) is a technology foresight, innovation, and strategy degree, focused on foreseeing, creating, and managing rapidly changing and emerging technology products and services. It is ideal for creative, practical, and solution-oriented professionals seeking to anticipate, shape, and take advantage of current advances and coming developments in any of six accelerating, global, and world changing technology clusters: - Information Technologies, AI and Robotics - Physical Sciences, Engineering and Nanotech - Energy, Resources, and Greentech - Biotech, Medicine and Enhancement - Social, Economic and Political Technologies - Military, Security, and Transparency Technologies

• Game Production & Management

TThe Game Production and Management program offers students the opportunity to utilize skills to analyze and produce complete works in the electronic gaming arena. Students will move through curriculum designed to build leadership and production skills applicable to the gaming industry allowing them to implement and maintain complete production pipelines. In addition, students will have the opportunity to evaluate recent trends in game technology, from critical studies to emerging genres and platforms. The curriculum will provide students with the background and experiences needed to navigate the game industry and lead an effective production team in entertainment or serious based games.

• Information Assurance

The Information Assurance program is designed to create the next generation of "white hat" innovators. This Master’s program presents the most current tools and skills redefining security information technology today. This online or on-campus program offers ultimate flexibility -- study when and where your schedule best allows. And it transports you into the leading edge of the industry, supported 360 degrees by some of the most innovative figures in academia and business alike.

• Technology Leadership

Knowing how the changing technology landscape affects the strategic planning of an organization is a necessity in today's business world. Technology Leadership offers skills for the professional moving into management and administration. The program allows students to expand their skills into the business realm, enabling them to manage projects and collaborate with teams, be entrepreneurial and understand legal issues associated with business and technology.

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