It provides competency-based education in an open-entry, open-exit environment which prepares over 6,000 high school and adult students with career and technical skills.

Generally, students may start or end at any time during the year and progress at their own pace.

For the first five years, the Center operated out of the two original existing buildings and temporary classrooms as well as leased, rented and borrowed space.

In June 2001, a special session of the Legislature passed House Bill 1003, creating the Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT), the state's 10th newest institution of higher education.

With a $2.2 million gift from the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Family Foundation and other donations, Davis Tech opened an entrepreneurship center on the school’s main campus in 2006.

facility houses the Davis Business Alliance, a small business development office, the Davis Chamber of Commerce, Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE), Utah Bid Development Solutions (UBiDS), and Grow Utah Ventures.