We Are Awesome
Here is why.
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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 7th among public institutions and 8th in the nation.
—U.S. News and World Report 2021 -
Our College of Nursing’s doctoral program in nursing practice is ranked 27th among public institutions and 38th in the nation.
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Our Volunteer athletes and alumni have won 39 gold medals in the Olympic games.
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UT’s partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory yields world-leading expertise in high-performance computing, materials research, and nanotechnology.
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One of the nation’s oldest collegiate band programs, UT’s Pride of the Southland Band has represented Tennessee in 15 presidential inaugurations dating back to 1965.
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Eight Pulitzer Prize winning writers have connections to UT. Their work includes public service, reporting, play writing, fiction, scientific research, and history.
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A combination of 9 UT students and alumni have earned Rhodes Scholarships for scholarly achievements, character, commitment to others, and leadership potential.
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The School of Architecture’s undergraduate architecture program ranked 15th among all public universities.
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UT teams have won a total of 196 SEC championship titles.
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For the second straight year, a combination of 17 UT students and alumni received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to study and teach in cities around the globe.
—Fulbright US Student Program 2020 -
UT awarded 713 study abroad scholarships totaling $630,750 for the 2018-19 academic year.
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For the third year in a row, UT received the state of Tennessee’s highest possible rating for teacher preparation.
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The Tickle College of Engineering graduate program is ranked 32nd among public universities.
—U.S. News and World Report 2021 -
The Tickle College of Engineering’s undergraduate program is ranked 37th among all public universities and 66th among all undergraduate programs.
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UT is one of the nation’s top-producing campuses for 2019-20 student Fulbrights. Our university ranks 7th among public research universities and 1st in the SEC.
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A professor in the Tickle College of Engineering serves as one of two deputy U.S. chief technology officers.
—White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 2019 -
Four recent graduates and one current student from UT were named winners in the Global Undergraduate Awards competition.
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The undergraduate Supply Chain Management program in the Haslam College of Business is ranked 6th among public universities and 7th in the nation.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020 -
UT is ranked 44th among all public universities and 104th nationally.
—U.S. News and World Report 2020