Quick Facts
Campus
Located in Knoxville
910 Acres
294 Buildings
$1 billion + in projects under design and construction
Students (Fall 2022)
33,805 Students (27,039 undergraduate and 6,766 graduate and professional)
17 to 1 Student-to-faculty ratio
History
1794 Founded in Knoxville as Blount College
1807 Became East Tennessee College; Closed in 1809; Reopened in 1820
1826 East Tennessee College moved to the Hill
1840 Renamed East Tennessee University
1862–65 University activity suspended during Civil War
1869 Designated one of Tennessee’s land-grant universities
1879 Renamed the University of Tennessee
1902 UT football team first called Volunteers
1921 Ayres Hall completed
1968 UT System Created
1994 200th anniversary celebration
Academics
11 Colleges
900+ Programs of study
360+ Undergraduate programs of study
547 Graduate programs of study
300 Study abroad programs
Academic calendar Semesters
Administration
Donde Plowman Chancellor
John Zomchick Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor
Athletics
Mascot Smokey, a bluetick coonhound
Nickname The Volunteers
23 Team national championships
205 Total SEC championship team titles
Economy
$1.7 billion Annual impact on the Tennessee economy
Faculty and Staff
1,600 Full-time instructional faculty
15 UT-ORNL Governor’s Chairs