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The '''University of Tennessee, Knoxville''' ('''UT'''; '''UT Knoxville'''; or colloquially '''UTK''' or '''Tennessee''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|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. | The '''University of Tennessee, Knoxville''' ('''UT'''; '''UT Knoxville'''; or colloquially '''UTK''' or '''Tennessee''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|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. In fall of 2023, there were 36,304 students<ref name="enrollment">{{cite web|title=University of Tennessee, Knoxville Fact Book |url=https://oira.utk.edu/reporting/fact-book/ |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>, including graduate students and postdocs. | ||
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranks the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=190415 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> The university has ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, allowing for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students in the sciences. 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 in the nearby city of Oak Ridge. The university is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is one of two Level I trauma centers. | |||
Nine of its alumni have been selected as [[Rhodes Scholar]]s and one alumnus, [[James M. Buchanan]], received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. It is a top producer of [[Fulbright scholars]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Producing Institutions |url=https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/tpi/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Fulbright |language=en-US}}</ref> UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of the [[Eastern Continental Divide]].<ref>https://timeline.utk.edu/history/category/early-years</ref> | Nine of its alumni have been selected as [[Rhodes Scholar]]s and one alumnus, [[James M. Buchanan]], received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. It is a top producer of [[Fulbright scholars]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Producing Institutions |url=https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/tpi/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Fulbright |language=en-US}}</ref> UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of the [[Eastern Continental Divide]].<ref>https://timeline.utk.edu/history/category/early-years</ref> | ||
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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (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. In fall of 2023, there were 36,304 students[1], including graduate students and postdocs.
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranks the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[2] The university has ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, allowing for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students in the sciences. 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 in the nearby city of Oak Ridge. The university is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is one of two Level I trauma centers.
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.[3] UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of the Eastern Continental Divide.[4]
- Students: 36,304 (Fall 2023)[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Fact Book.
- ↑ Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup. Center for Postsecondary Education.
- ↑ Top Producing Institutions (en-US).
- ↑ https://timeline.utk.edu/history/category/early-years