UT Board Chair Recommends Naming Boyd President to 5-Year Term
Based on positive feedback from Boyd’s review process, John Compton said he recommended removing the interim title and extending Boyd’s term as president for a term of five additional years.
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
University-Assisted Community Schools provides children with academic support services, physical education, music and art programs after regular school hours.
Discover
The UT Research Foundation continues to help UT faculty, staff and students launch new products, services, and companies into the innovation landscape.
Connect
Jennifer Richards always wanted to teach. Through her work developing 4-H curricula, she has reached thousands in Tennessee and across the nation.
Everywhere You Look, UT
West, Middle and East — UT has a tremendous impact on the state of Tennessee and in the lives of its people.
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 generates $1.6 billion in annual income for the state of Tennessee, creates nearly 33,000 jobs, and contributes more than $125 million in tax revenue to the state and local governments.
Chattanooga
UT Chattanooga was the state’s only public university named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, the highest federal honor a university can receive for civic engagement.
Martin
UT Martin has more off-campus centers than any public four-year university in the state and is the university’s largest provider of online education.
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.
