Draft:The Engineering Innovation and Leadership Program

The Engineering Innovation and Leadership program (E-Lead) is an ABET-accredited Bachelors of Science (B.S.) engineering degree program. The E-Lead program is part of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. E-Lead involves the study of engineering, leadership theories and development, innovation and entrepreneurship skills.

Foundation and History
In 2014, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) established an undergraduate degree program in Leadership Engineering.

The concept of “leadership engineering” was first coined in 2011, and it took three years of development before the proposal for establishing a new-generation degree program successfully passed procedural requirements through the University of Texas System and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

In October 2014, the program was approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), initially known as “Engineering Leadership”. However, it was later renamed Engineering Leadership (E-Lead) degree.