The Advanced Technology & Education Park is a part of the California Community Colleges system. It is a satellite campus for both Irvine Valley College and Saddleback College, serving the South Orange County Community College District. Opened in 2007, the campus offers programs in design model making/rapid protyping, laser photonics, network security and foreign languages.ProgramsATEP's Center for Applied Competitive Technologies is designated a National Center for Photonics Education, a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence.Campus and surroundingsThe Advanced Technology & Education Park is located on 68acre of the Tustin Legacy redevelopment project, formerly the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, in Tustin, Orange County, California. It is situated south of Interstate 5 at the corner of Red Hill and Valencia. Located 10mi from the California coast, the campus enjoys a mild, Mediterranean coastal climate, with comfortable temperatures year-round and very little rainfall.College statisticsThe school is on a calendar semester system, with fall semester, spring semester, and summer sessions.AffiliationsThe school is a National Center for Photonics Education, a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence.
