University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee buzzes with energy, ideas, and optimism. Great professors and students from throughout the world live and work in a friendly, safe campus community located in scenic East Tennessee. The campus and its signature "Hill" lure students with green space, nearby lakes, and vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Students enjoy provocative speakers, great entertainers and artists, a first-class research library, a technology-rich infrastructure, great local music and recreation, nationally competitive athletic teams, and abundant opportunities for community service.

UT prides itself on adding value to Tennessee--by educating its students, doing research and creative work that improves quality of life, and reaching out to share expertise with Tennesseans. The University of Tennessee stands in a class by itself as Tennessee's flagship institution and one of the United States' great public research universities.

The University of Tennessee offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, research, and public service throughout Tennessee. UT offers more than 300 degree programs to its 26,000 students, who come from every county in Tennessee, every state in the nation, and more than 100 foreign countries.

UT holds the highest Carnegie classification of "doctoral/research university-extensive." As few as 100 public universities hold this distinction, and UT is one of only two in Tennessee. A faculty of 1,200 provides high quality educational experiences to students while also performing research and providing public service to the state and nation.

The oldest and largest public institution of higher education in the state, the University was founded in Knoxville in 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state.