We Are Awesome
Here is why.
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Two College of Law students spent their final week of law school arguing a case before the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
—College of Law 2019 -
Our College of Law’s legal writing program ranked 18th among public institutions.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
The School of Art’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in the College of Arts and Sciences is ranked 33rd in the country.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
Our Materials Science and Engineering graduate program in the Tickle College of Engineering is ranked 24th among public institutions.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
For the second year in a row, the Tickle College of Engineering’s metallurgical engineering program is ranked 1st in the US and 6th in the world.
—Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019 -
UT’s first Mitchell Scholar will pursue a master’s degree in inclusion and special educational needs at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
—US-Ireland Alliance 2020 -
Four faculty members from the College of Architecture and Design have been chosen among the country’s most admired architecture educators in the past 7 years.
—DesignIntelligence 2019 -
Three schools in the College of Architecture and Design are in the country’s top 10 most-hired-from rankings.
—DesignIntelligence 2019 -
UT student entrepreneurs won the US Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur Achievement Award for their business providing campsite set-ups.
—U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2019 -
UT has won 23 team national championships all time including: women’s basketball, football, track and field, and swimming and diving.
—UT Athletics 2019 -
UT Extension’s interim assistant dean was honored with the National Excellence in Extension Award.
—USDA 2019 -
A student in our Institute of Agriculture won the nationally competitive Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship supporting the protection of U.S. wilderness areas.
—The Wilderness Society 2019 -
The discovery of a new element named Tennessine is the result of a research collaboration involving UT researchers.
—International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 2016 -
Alumnus James M. Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986.
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The Nuclear Engineering graduate program in the Tickle College of Engineering is ranked 6th among public institutions and 7th in the nation.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
The UT College of Nursing is the first-ever standalone nursing program to be accredited in both teaching and research.
—College of Nursing 2019 -
Our College of Nursing’s doctoral program in nursing practice is ranked 35th among public institutions.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
The College of Nursing master’s program is ranked 20th among all public universities.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
Our Volunteer athletes and alumni have won 39 gold medals in the Olympic games.
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UT’s relationship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory yields world-leading expertise in high-performance computing, materials research, and nanotechnology.
—Office of the System President