The UHS mission statement is "harnessing the power of dreams".

The school mascot is a lighthouse, and the colors that represent it are green and gold.

It is a shared campus with Tolleson Union High School, established in 1927.

[2] All of the students at University High School take AP classes every year.

The schedule of classes are all AP/advanced except for electives, which can be taken with Tolleson, or West-Mec.