Im a student at Orlando... Here are my thoughts after a year and some change. Cons I would not suggest this school for veterans unless you TRULY 100% want this. I do not like being forced to do ONLINE classes that are ment to be done at home at school. Now are forced to wear a ID with a QR code and a big ass Veteran Label. Veterans now being forced to spend way less time with family. Educational Managers do not seem to care about students. Students steal, vandalize, and are VERY disrespectful to instructors. There are 40 million speed bumps, you'll be replacing you suspension system before you leave. They are GIGANTIC speed bumps. Students just want to rev their engines, peel out off the exit, and think they know more than the instructor. Students can not follow simple rules... Like a dress code at all Students like to show their boxers, because they refuse to wear a belt... ( wonder why we wear a belt ) Students like to vandalize. Students can not stay off their phones... Students do not care about being disruptive. Students do nothing but complain all the time, about not being able to be on their phones. Students must have a fashion statement at school wearing the wrong foot attire. Students complain about wear safety glasses... ( so sad they cry about being safe.... ) Some of the Auto side training aids are pathetic... If you want to do a class change if have to provide WAY to much proof of why. Your not my mom or dad. We are adults Not treated like adults, because of the immature student population. Pros: Diesel Program is awesome. Diesel side students are more professional. Instructors really do seem to know their stuff. Some of the teachers do so much extra work behind the scenes that its crazy. I came in knowing nothing and I have learned a ton. ******The Manufacturer programs are really nice!****** ******ASE are cheaper to take at the school.******* ******608/609 test are way cheaper at the school.******* Instructors will give you guidance if you ask for it in a professional manor. Let it be life guidance, guidance on a interview, or how to search for a job. If you are 100% sure this is the industry you want to do then I do suggest going. There are a lot of headaches you will go through, but I am sure there is a nice end to it as long you do a manufacturer program. It seems like a total waste if you don't do one. This school EATS up Veterans benefits. A few at school have had to pay because they would double up on classes then run out of benefits for that time period, having to pay out of pocket. ( heads up if you double up more than 2 times ) This is my biggest thing... Veterans being forced to do online classes that are ment to be done at home, at school.... The computers in the learning center are slow. I can do IOLs faster at home because my computer is faster. ( loads websites faster too ) Veterans getting mass singled out in the Orlando campus. Being forced to have the veteran label on our IDs. I do not want to broadcast HEY I WAS IN THE MILITARY!!! LOOK AT ME IM A VET!!! OHH VET!!! OHHH AHHHHH!!! Classes can have up to 24 hours of IOLs. So your telling me I have to spend 24 hours of my free time; a full day worth of free time, in side the campus out of date computer lab. COOOOOL thanks, but no thanks. I am tempted to drop the school and go back to friends and family and out of this horrible city of Orlando, but I only have just a few months left, Ill stay till then. I see myself going back home and going back to school for Higher learning, where your not treated like a high school student... read more

After getting out of the Army in December 2012, I had to make a decision of what options were out there for me. That's when I did some research and enrolled at UTI-Avondale to further my education. I later graduated in November 2014 with an (AOS) Associates Occupational Studies in Diesel Industrial Technology II with Cummins Power Generations. I was hired on shortly after my graduation at the Idaho National Laboratory with Battelle Energy Alliance. I have been in my career as a Senior Utility Technician for a while now and I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't made the decision to attend school at the Universal Technology Institute. It's important that you keep a 100% attendance rate and also do your best to keep a 4.00 GPA. Specialty programs are strict to get into since seats are limited for every rotation after completion of your Automotive and/or Diesel programs. You are considered a possible candidate when you're interviewed for the specialty program that you've applied to get accepted into. UTI prepares you the same way as if you were applying for a career in the real world. These programs are manufacturer endorsed and they expect only the best to be accepted into their programs after you have interviewed with them. Usually you will interview 6 months before your completion of your Automotive and/or Diesel Programs. You will later receive an answer if you have been accepted into the specific manufacturer program within 6-8 weeks of completing your Automotive and/or Diesel programs. This is why it is important that you keep a 100% attendance rate and do your best to keep a 4.00 GPA throughout your schooling. This school is designed to teach you to be professional, responsible and reliable the same way as if you were working in the real world. If you keep your self-focused and willing to learn you will be successful at this school and have a higher chance of acceptance into the specialty programs that you're applying for before the completion of your Automotive or Diesel Programs. A lot of other reviews will state this school is overpriced and not worth the time. From my experience it's all about what you are wanting in your life as a career. This school isn't just about being only a mechanic it's about the many other successful career opportunities that the industrial world has to offer. With the knowledge and skills that you'll learn from UTI you will be successful, but it's on you to make that success become reality. Best of luck to the current and future students of the UTI Campuses. read more

i have to agree with all these people who have sent their kid to the aweful school . i agree that the teachers are great my son is doing very well with them . but its true about the administration out there, they freaking suck ! they do take your money they promise you and your kid everything and they will help with all the kids needs ! bullshit ! they freaking do not @ all they suck . sorry for my language but its the truth ! my son is now oweing 30 grand to the government and may have to quit do to the non educated staff that tells you they will help your kid. bullshit again my son took off in june to attend the california school hes been living in a hotel, since june!!!!!!!! and its now almost nov.!!! they dont call you back they do not help just f you and your kid over ! if my kid has to come back home to the east coast cause california was his dream !!!! i will fight this fight against again them so many people that have their kids or themselves in uti need to think twice before ever sending you kid there ! if you dont have total cash to pay for a good education and most dont do not go there you will be screwed over bad very bad anf then your screwed finically and shit out of luck. i think all parents here should contact each other and take action against this school so many bad review's about the administration and its all true . my son is out there alone he is a mess thinking he cant finish due to these asshole lies from the so called educated administrators that lie dont call you back wont help your kid ! its true they just take there money and thats it no help nothing as they promise the world f this school . the teachers are great but think twice if you dont have the upfront cash then do not attend this school they dont have your kids best interest in school just your money then f your kid. i wish all the people here could could contact each other somehow and take action on this school im calling my lawyer i ant playing with that staff there anymore . do not attend this school most people dont have the up front cash so dont even think of attending find somewhere else read more

The Orlando Universal Technical Institute has more negative cards then positive cards, being a current student at the school with a couple classes left over the whole course of more then a year and throughout the pandemic I can say the school definitely is worth money if you have 20k-45k or more right out the gate depending on your current financial choice or situations but the only 3 good things I can personally and other students if applicable and willing to do so and back this statement up is 1. The school does have a good outcome with more insight on how things work, 2. They give you an associates degree in Automotive Technology 2, 3. They make is fun to learn sometimes....it's a 50/50 shot depending on the instructor. Now the negative, virtual online is pointless to do based on a pass or fail for the class. you learn the exact thing in class the day before usually. Even then it shouldn't be a homework assignment thats multiple hours long up to 20+ hours of online assignments for IOLs. The school doesn't care at all about your personal schedule regarding attendance or work (prior pandemic) they will gladly give you only 8 hours missing time and then fail you out of the class which is dumb especially the 15 minute rule...( 1 minute late is 15 minutes) so thats dumb. The new virtual classes are good but only should be for lab work. STUDENT SERVICES ARE POINTLESS AND THE SCHOOL IS OVER PRICED AND A MARKETING SCAM, IMPOSSIBLE TO PAY OFF AND THE SCHOOL IS A MONEY MAKING MACHINE WITH NO HEART FOR THE STUDENTS AND ARE RUDE AND BE LITTLE THE STUDENTS AND ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY....1 CRAP QUALITY SHIRT IS $50 FOR REF AND THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IS USELESS AND COMPASS ROSE AND CHS IS OVER PRICED AS A CURRENT STUDENT PLEASE KNOW THIS SCHOOL IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY IN HAND ONLY OR ARE WILLING TO BE IN DEBT AND LET DOWN....THIS SCHOOL IS A JOKE! Ps. There are probably 70 negative things or more i can think of regarding this school. read more

Let me start off by saying some teachers teach , others just tell you I'll get to your question but " let me get thru the lesson plan , I'll come back ... I was told by MR SUNBERRY ! (UTI LONG BEACH THEIR NEWEST SCHOOL) google it when I got home. ? ... I graduated with forced phased breaks because they didn't have a teacher to teach a specific class.. when working in the shop .. instructors only have so much time and will run away from you if your taking to long to understand ..the SALES TEAM WILL TELL YOU THAT THEIRS ONLY FEW 2-3hours of online homework ..when that is not true .. when it says On their IOLs ( interactive online learning ) that this will take approx. 15-20hours on some NO BS .. IF YOU DNT COMPLETE THE IOLS BEFORE A QUIZ/ TEST THEN THEY AUTOMATICALLY GIVE YOU A ZERO ( if you get TWO zeros u will automatically fail the course which 1500 to retake a3 week course!!!) so if you have full time job/ Kids good luck with that !! And if you do have a full time job they want PROOF TO GIVE YOU THE SCHEDULE YOU DESIRE !!! ... I THINK THIS SCHOOL IS GOOD IF U GO TO A ADD ON ( like Nissan , Mercedes etc..) and for student freshout of high school !! The best thing about this school is 50% off discount off SNAP ON WHILE U ATTEND THE SCHOOL ! (Take advantage of it ) ... After you graduate you can go to any dealership show them your transcripts 4.0 GPA . They will NOT be impressed !!! ( they will act like you have no experience basically tell you ur getting minn wage) SO IF YOUR ATTENDING OR THINKING OF ATTENDING YOU BETTER PAY ATTENTION AND FOCUS OR YOULL MESS YOUR LIFE UP TEMPORARILY ... thank you ... and the business manager replying to everyone on here is full crappy dnt believe him !!!! read more

I started uti about a year ago I came right after high school and I can honestly say this is one of the worst & most expensive mistakes I have made first of signing up its a HASSEL specially with my situation with both of my parents being undocumented. They make you believe that your going to have 50/50 hands on learning and half studying that's a bunch of bullshit it's 20% hands on and the rest in a class room fighting to stay awake for the most part.for the most part the best part of this school is the people you meet and some instructors everything that is financial aid ,student services, employment ,and accounting are a bunch of assholes that don't know nothing about the field but are a bunch of suits wanting ur money.they also tell you that at the end of the program you get a voucher on snap on tools worth 1000 dollars that's also a bunch of bull shit its minimum 600 dollars. And the lady that sign me up ARLENE had also promised that at the end every student will take as hot rod to the track and run em and have a chance to take it home that is also a bunch of bull shit I was going to take it up with the school but as soon as I thought about it I knew they weren't going to do anything they already got my money there isn't shit I can do. Many of the students that graduate most likely wont work on the field but they don car they got there 30 grand so ur fucked.. And yeah that's pretty much it I want to thank them for the good friends I met but fuck the school for witch I'm 30 grand in debt now ... Sincearly HondaBoy read more

I sent my son to UTI when he first graduated Salesian High school. We looked at all the other schools in the surrounding area and no one offered as much as they did. My son Graduated from UTI in 2015 at 19 years old. I belive he took GM or FORD. He is now 21 and works for TESLA out here in Orange county where we live and make close to what I make. Dont tell me the education isnt good as I have never had to support him. He has a Friend attending community college now. the Kid still works at Wendy's and is his age trying to Graduate from whatever community schol hes atending. Hes now also considering transfering to UTI. Look, the point im trying to make here isthis. dont complain bout your opportunities not being handed to you do somthing about it. Get your education and Move on, work for it. My son has always been a go getter the kids 21 for god sake i dont know anyone at his age doing or making what he does. Put your Time in and push yourself to make things happen. Oh! and dont listen to this gy below hes obviously upset over something. I just came on here to get the schools number because hes friend said they can get adegree now. Im a contractor and this was the best investment I made so my son doesnt fall into what I do, now the Kid gives me advice. read more

I went to Universal Technical Institute in Arizona in the 1980s when there was a lot of cars to work on. never had so many people laugh at me when I told them where I graduated from. The school in the industry is known as a joke ask the real mechanic before you do it. The school will never help you get a job and they will never train you to do anything but plug in a computer and that pretty much pays nothing. They did offer me a job for 1/3 of what I was making in California in Wyoming for minimum wage. I graduated in the top 95% I never did go into Automotive far diesel mechanics industry. I in probably 50 applications four work. it's not like I didn't try. All you'll do with this school is rack up a bill but you will have to pay. The government needs to shut these types of businesses down they are thieves. read more

Well to make it simple, it all comes down what you get in life is usually equal to what you put into it. Everyone can remember back in school the variety of people we all interacted with every day. Some are die hard about business, getting assignments done to perfection, some just get by, and some seem to not have a care in the world. This would reflect in attendance, grades, and overall success in school. Same goes for jobs in this world. Some are content to just have a job, do not seem motivated to advance or educate themselves and always do just good enough job to get by and keep a paycheck. Others strive to get ahead, take pride in what they do, build on knowledge, and advance doing the best for their employer every day. IN THE END YOU GET WHAT YOU PUT IN..... NOTHING IN LIFE GETS HANDED TO YOU... read more

i decided to give uti a try and eduardo gonzales a counsler (sales person) was very helpful acting like i was the most important student then i decided to not attend and he treated me with such bullshit lies and attitude making it seem like i will be nothing in life if go to community college and not uti even went so far to tell me "call me when you graduate from community college and ill bring you a cake, you know how many cakes ive taken to students zero because nobody makes it in community college" i then thanked him for his time and services and right when i was about to say bye he just hung up .......just a waste of money here and just a bunch of money hungry assholes read more

This school was an effort and a challenge, this school helped me get where I wanted from the start. I took everything with a grain of salt, I've enter this school with little to no knowledge on how much I've learned I used in my everyday life. You can do this school. I've done it. I traveled from San Diego to rancho for 2 years, Monday-Friday, with a full time job. I've done it, there is literally no excuse to miss out in what you paid for. You get what you put out. If you go to this school, you're doing it for a good reason, and you better stick to it. Take responsibility, figure out what's your priorities in life, "is school going to help me in what I want?". read more

Shit college that spends 90% of its budget on annoying Youtube ads and doesn't actually provide useful work skills. They'll gladly take your money, but their promises of gainful employment afterwards are empty - often they don't provide industry certification, and the employers know to be wary of their graduates. Just another degree mill which preys on poor and gullible folk, but even worse because unlike crappy bachelors degrees etc, their fake courses are literally worthless because they count for nothing among employers and don't give useful skills read more

Both of my sons graduated from their programs ! They loved the hands experience and are now doing very well in their chosen profession. We have Universal Tech to thank that for. Education is what you make it and at this school if you follow the program and give it everything that you have you will succeed. They had amazing instructors who were all ASE certified themselves and offered up real world experiences that they faced when they were technicians. Valuable information given in a hands on experience is a winning combination. read more

man most of the kids who choose this school and then feels the right to give this school a good reviews are straight up brain washed. I'm currently at Porche and can tell you in full confidence this school teaches you nothing but learning how to live with unnecessary debt. Teachers know this is a scam, undelusional graduates know this is a scam. Please save your time and money and go to a community or work at a shop and up. You'll thank me later, YOU DON'T NEED THIS SCAM SCHOOL. read more

I took the Welding program and It was a great experience i finished the program in 9 months and it went by so fast but it was such a great time and a really good program to be in I learned everything I wanted to although like anywhere else you get what you put in. I would come back anytime. The career services department works tirelessly to help you find a job after the experienced and knowledgeable instructors teach you just about everything you could ever want to know. read more

this school is great. the courses can be hard to keep up with because at times it feels like its too much information in 3 weeks but, its a lot of hands on. people that have bad things to say are those who didn't apply themselves. just like any challenge in life you get what you put into it. I applied myself, got good grades and now I have a great job that I love thanks to coming here. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves to work with there hands. read more

Im about to start school and sandy benson has been instrumental in getting me to start school every time i call when ever no matter what time it is or what day it is any time i need something regarding getting to school or more info on the steps that i need to get started. I feel that she genuinely cares about me as a person not just a student and I know that she has my back without a doubt. read more

was literally gonna sign up for the school in rancho cucamonga and start jan.29 i toured the school and looked good to me but damn 98% of the reviews are about how bad this school is i need to reconsider my choice all i see is this girl jessica k or wtv writing back but is she fixing any of these problems all i see is "thAnK YoU FoR YOur ReVIew" read more

only good thing about this school was the teacher other then that this school is a** on top of that you got a retired crack head teaching the students he don't even know what's he would be doing and would get offended when you wouldn't agree with him on top of that you don't even get certificates for the welding program waste of money. read more