UT Board of Trustees Named Recipient of 2021 John W. Nason Award for Board Leadership by Association of Governing Boards
Since 2018, the UT trustees, who were all new to the Board, have taken a series of deliberate steps to build the Board from the ground up employing best practices in governance.
Learn MoreMission
The UT System’s delivery of education, discovery, outreach and public service contributes to the economic, social and environmental well-being of all Tennesseans.
Educate
Three first-generation Latinas at UT Knoxville have undergone similar journeys into a field in which few women go. Also, they’re sisters.
Discover
UTC professor and bee expert DeAnna Beasley buzzes with ways of expanding diversity in the field of ecology.
Connect
UT Extension’s AgrAbility program helps veterans who choose to farm and as well as farmers who continue farming after debilitating injuries.
Innovation Changing Lives
From lightweight manufactured auto components to smart grid traffic monitoring, innovators throughout the University of Tennessee System are using science and collaboration to improve lives and shape the future.
Initiatives
Strategic Plan
The revised strategic plan sets new data-informed goals and objectives for the UT System through the year 2025.
Advocacy
UT Advocacy is the official grassroots network of alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Tennessee.
Transparent UT
The UT System is committed to providing greater and easier access to information for the faculty, staff, students and communities it serves.
Campuses
The University of Tennessee is comprised of campuses at Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin and the Health Science Center at Memphis.
Knoxville
UT Knoxville is ranked in the top 100 of the best value colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
Chattanooga
Through regional, out-of-state tuition discounts, UT Chattanooga offers an $8,000 annual tuition reduction to eligible residents of all eight Tennessee border states, plus South Carolina.
Martin
More than 93 percent of UT Martin graduates are employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.
Health Science Center
With nearly 3,000 students enrolled at major campuses in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville, plus 1,200 medical resident and fellows in training, UTHSC serves thousands of patients across Tennessee every day.
Institutes
The University of Tennessee is comprised of the statewide Institute of Agriculture and Institute for Public Service
Institute of Agriculture
The UT Institute of Agriculture delivers real life solutions through $54.5 million in research, educational outreach to 3.3 million people and veterinary services to more than 21,000 animals annually. UTIA’s two colleges currently enroll 1,700 students.
Institute for Public Service
The statewide Institute for Public Service helps Tennessee companies generate $817 million annually to the state economy, answers more than 28,000 requests for assistance and trains 15,000 municipal, county and state employees, manufacturers and law enforcement personnel.
Employees
The University of Tennessee employs more than 12,000 people in Tennessee with its workforce distributed across all 95 counties.
