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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, with ten undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges. It hosts more than 30,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[11]

This article is about the Knoxville campus. For other uses, see University of Tennessee (disambiguation).

Other name

Tennessee (colloquially)
UT
UTK
UT Knoxville
UTenn

Blount College (1794–1807)
East Tennessee College (1807–1840)
East Tennessee University (1840–1879)

Veritatem cognoscetis, et veritas vos liberabit. (Latin)

"You will know the truth and the truth shall set you free."
On seal: "Agriculture, Commerce"

September 10, 1794 (1794-09-10)

$1.34 billion (2020)[1]

Donde Plowman[2]

John Zomchick[3]

1,700+[4]

9,791[4]

36,304 (Fall 2023)[5]

28,883 (Fall 2023)[5]

7,421 (Fall 2023)[5]

Midsize city[9], 600 acres (240 ha)[4]
Total, 2,128 acres (861 ha)[6][7][8]

The Daily Beacon

Orange and white[10]
   

UT's ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the UT–Battelle partnership, allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students. Also affiliated with the university are the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres (100 ha) of nearby Oak Ridge. The university is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is one of two Level I trauma centers in East Tennessee.


Nine of its alumni have been selected as Rhodes Scholars and one alumnus, James M. Buchanan, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. It is a top producer of Fulbright scholars.[12] UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of the Eastern Continental Divide.[13]

Undergraduate admissions statistics

40.5

(Neutral decrease −37.3)

33.2

(Increase +6.7)

1240–1400

26–31

279

201–300

446

301–350

Peyton Manning, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback

Peyton Manning, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback

Dixie Carter, actress

Dixie Carter, actress

Candace Parker, professional women's basketball player

Candace Parker, professional women's basketball player

Lamar Alexander, former US Senator

Lamar Alexander, former US Senator

Scott Kelly, astronaut

Scott Kelly, astronaut

Jason Witten, NFL tight end

Jason Witten, NFL tight end

Bob Corker, former U.S. Senator

Bob Corker, former U.S. Senator

Arian Foster, NFL running back

Arian Foster, NFL running back

Kurt Vonnegut, author

Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia

Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia

Heath Shuler, former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman

Heath Shuler, former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman

Allen West, former Chair of the Texas Republican Party and former US Congressman

Allen West, former Chair of the Texas Republican Party and former US Congressman

Bill Haslam, 49th Governor of Tennessee

Bill Haslam, 49th Governor of Tennessee

East Tennessee Female Institute

East Tennessee Historical Society

University of Tennessee Press

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Official website

University of Tennessee Athletics website

. The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.

"Tennessee, University of" 

. Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.

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