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
14 Degree-granting colleges and schools
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
14 UT-ORNL Governor’s Chairs