Tour Services
Future Broncs (guided tour for the future UTPA students and parents)
Tour is designed for the prospective student planning to attend The University of Texas-Pan American. Visit our beautiful campus with your parents and learn about the opportunities that UTPA has to offer you! This tour includes a presentation and a visit with an Admissions Counselor, as well as a tour of the campus and your academic college of choice. This tour lasts an hour to an hour a half.
Discover UTPA (guided group tour)
Teachers, get your students on the college track! This tour is recommended for pre-college age students ranging from elementary, middle school to high school and junior college students, as well as all UTPA guests. Friends and classmates will discover exactly what UTPA has to offer. This walking tour showcases the six academic colleges and the UTPA Campus and lasts approximately an hour to an hour and a half.
UTPA Campus Trek (group tour, self-guided tour)
This scavenger hunt is available to all school age students (K-12th grades). The group, with the assistance of their school provided chaperones, will search for campus landmarks. An accompanying brochure provides helpful photographs and clues! The recommended group size per chaperone is 25 students. The Trek, which begins and ends at the Visitors Center, lasts approximately one hour.
Journey through the Solar System (guided group tour)
Take a walk around the galaxy with this tour that showcases the planets representing our solar system using buildings in the UTPA Science Building courtyard. Groups scheduling a showing in the UTPA Planetarium will view the planetarium show and the take solar system courtyard tour. The journey taken in conjunction with the Planetarium show lasts approx. 1 hour and a half.
[***Seating capacity in the Planetarium is 40. Larger groups will be separated into smaller groups and will enjoy additional sites on the UTPA campus and rotate into the Planetarium in 30 minute intervals. Group capacity per Planetarium tour is 150.]
Bring Bucky to your school or special event! Bucky the Bronc and his handler will encourage your students to go to college!
