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KNOXVILLE |
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.
The university is a co-manager with Battelle of the nearby Oak
Ridge National Laboratory. Faculty and students experience
unparalleled research and learning opportunities at the
Department of Energy's largest science and energy lab.
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.
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Facts
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Enrollment 26,400
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20,400 undergraduate
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6,000 graduate
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Faculty & staff 8,300
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1,400 instructional faculty (57% tenured)
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Location Knoxville, Tennessee
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Campus size 550 acres, 220 buildings
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Research (awards received '06)
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UT Knoxville $127 million
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Colleges and schools:
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Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
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Architecture & Design
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Arts & Sciences
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Business Administration
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Communication & Information
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Education, Health, and Human Sciences
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Engineering
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Law
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Nursing
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Social Work
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Veterinary Medicine
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Degree programs: More than 300
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Degrees awarded ('05-'06) 5,700
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Alumni 300,000
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Notable Alumni
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Governance
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UT is part of the University of Tennessee System, a
statewide institution governed by a 24-member Board of
Trustees appointed by the governor of Tennessee.
Institutions of the UT system are UT Knoxville, UT Health
Science Center in Memphis, UT Chattanooga, UT Martin, UT
Space Institute in Tullahoma, UT Institute of Agriculture,
and UT Institute for Public Service.
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Administration
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Dr. Loren Crabtree, Chancellor
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Accreditation
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UT is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award
baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees.
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History
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Founded in 1794 in Knoxville as Blount College; became East
Tennessee College in 1807, East Tennessee University in
1840, and the University of Tennessee in 1879. A land-grant
university since 1869.
Quick Look at Knoxville
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