Introduction to the University of Utah: To the east is the University of Utah (founded in 1850) and residential areas. The city also has cultural facilities such as Westminster College and the Bicentennial Arts Center. This is a great place for Latter-day Saints, skiers, hikers, mountain bikers and anyone who enjoys the unbridled fun of the great outdoors. This vast, refreshing and forgetful city is located between the inland sea and the snow-topped 3,300-meter-high peak. It is the headquarters of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City.