University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

United States · Higher Education

As the state’s land grant, research-intensive institution, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a university that leads. We are home to the Volunteers, people who think creatively, act boldly and pursue excellence in everything. More than 40,000 students uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. Students can choose from over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. Founded in 1794, UT is Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university and has a footprint that spans the entire state with the Space Institute in Tullahoma and Institute of Agriculture Extension offices in all 95 counties. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity, and has a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.