UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 12, 2005

UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (623) 445-9500

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Table of Contents

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On January 12, 2005, the Registrant’s Controller, Lawrence A. Eisel, resigned. Jennifer L. Haslip, the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, remains the Registrant’s Principal Accounting Officer. Information with regard to Ms. Haslip, including the information required by Items 401(b), (d), (e) and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and information regarding Ms. Haslip’s employment agreement with the Registrant, is set forth in the Registrant’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K filed on December 23, 2004.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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