Its main buildings were designed by Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, and won the "Silver Lion" at the 13th Venice Biennale.

[1] The construction of the UTEC was carried out on the remains of the huaca "La Viñita", the last pre-Columbian archaeological vestige of Barranco, which was located at the intersection of the Quebrada de Armendáriz and the Vía Expresa, covering some 5000 m².

[3] In 2020, Farrell and McNamara received the Pritzker Price, one of their selected works was the UTEC building.

In 2020, UTEC ranked in first place per capita in scientific production in Peru measured by Scopus and Web of Science.

The university has a cross curricular "Laboratory for Educational Innovation" which it calls Moray.