Universal Technical Institute has recently celebrated its new UTI-Atlanta campus with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting. More than 100 regional leaders, employers and community partners attended the event, marking the company's first campus in the state of Georgia.

"The talent to fill millions of jobs nationwide is in short supply," said Todd Hitchcock, executive vice president of Strategy, Growth and Operations at UTI, during remarks at the ceremony. "Georgia is projected to have more than 10,000 annual job openings across the skilled trades taught at our newest campus, underscoring the critical need for highly trained, job-ready professionals to support the state's growing economy. We look forward to working with leaders across the Atlanta region to connect them with skilled-collar workers who will be prepared to immediately make an impact in their chosen fields."  

UTI-Atlanta, the 150,000-square-foot facility at 7100 Highlands Parkway SE, is designed to serve approximately 1,500 students at scale and offers training in automotive, diesel, aviation, electrical, robotics and automation, HVACR and welding.

For more information, read the UTI announcement.