The State is Our Campus
The University of Tennessee consists of five campuses and three institutes with a presence in all of Tennessee’s 95 counties. As a public, land-grant institution, UT is responsible for educating Tennessee’s workforce, driving the state’s economy, and enhancing quality of life opportunities for all Tennesseans.
Better Education, Better Jobs, Better Pay
A higher level of education leads to the creation of better jobs, which leads to a higher level of compensation.
UT is committed to changing the FUTURE of Tennessee through increased access to higher education. The university enrolls more than 46,000 students and graduates about 9,000 students a year. Our network of 300,000 UT alumni extends to all corners of the country and the world.
The University of Tennessee also employs close to 27,000 faculty, staff, and student employees throughout the state.
The Heart of Tennessee Healthcare
UT is the state’s comprehensive source of healthcare delivery in Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and its affiliated teaching hospitals provide more than one million days of inpatient services and more than two million outpatient visits annually.
Chances are your doctor, pharmacist, or dentist is a UT grad.
- UT has trained 4,500 of the physicians practicing throughout the state.
- UT’s college of pharmacy plans to enroll 800 students by 2009 at sites throughout the state.
- UT is responsible for 75 percent of the state’s dentists and 50 percent of the pharmacists practicing in Tennessee.
- About 2,000 nurses working in the state are UT graduates.
Outreach and Community Action
UT’s Institute for Public Service assists city and county governments in Tennessee and trains law enforcement personnel on a local, regional and national level. With offices in every region of the state, IPS also helps Tennessee manufacturers reduce costs and increase revenue. UT’s Institute for Public Service generated more than $1 billion in economic impact in Tennessee during FY 08 and helped create and retain close to 20,000 jobs.
Statewide programs through UT’s Institute of Agriculture educate citizens about agricultural production and forest management, childhood development, nutrition, fitness, personal finance, and other important issues.
UTIA Extension’s nationally acclaimed 4-H program engages more than 320,000 youth and 15,000 volunteers in exceptional programming and activities that enhance the life skills of Tennessee youth. In 2007, 24,898 Tennessee 4-H'ers contributed 102,601 hours of service to their communities. Their service, valued at $1,733,971 impacted the lives of 392,309 Tennesseans.
UT’s Institute of Agriculture Biofuels Initiative is the most comprehensive effort to date to translate research into economic development by using Tennessee’s farmers. Contracts for East Tennessee farmers to produce switchgrass as an energy crop on 725 acres have been developed and issued, and plans are to achieve production of 64,000 tons on 8,000 acres by 2012.
Changing the Future Today
The University of Tennessee touches the lives of Tennesseans every single day in ways big and small--from the elementary school teachers in counties across the state to city planners designing the highway systems and park rangers working to preserve the state’s natural resources.
UT’s research efforts in energy efficiency and agriculture have an impact on the prices Tennesseans pay at the pump, at the grocery store, and to the electric company. Medical breakthroughs in cancer research, heart health, and diabetes can be traced back to UT’s laboratories and applied in university-operated emergency rooms.
The University of Tennessee has an important mission – to change tomorrow today for the benefit of all Tennesseans. With the help of employees, alumni, donors, and friends UT is making strides toward accomplishing this goal.
Thank you for supporting the University of Tennessee.