Bringing together an unrivaled array of globally-recognized expertise and facilities, Cherokee Farm stands in a class by itself.
The University of Tennessee is the state's land-grant institution and one of the United States’ great public research universities.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, jointly managed by the University of Tennessee and Battelle, is the Department of Energy’s largest science and energy laboratory.
In addition to the UT Knoxville campus, Cherokee Farm is located near the UT Institute of Agriculture, home to one of only 28 veterinary colleges in the nation, and UT Medical Center. Actively partnering with the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, UT Medical Center is the only academic hospital in the Knoxville area, making it the leading resource for research, discovery, and updated treatments.
Building upon research initiatives underway in computational sciences, climate and environment, advanced materials, biomedical sciences and renewable energy at UT and ORNL, Cherokee Farm will be home to a concentration of highly-skilled and next-generation thinking entities and their collective expertise will drive real-world solutions.
Cherokee Farm is located on 188 acres on the banks on the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tenn. The campus master plan includes a total of 17 building sites that support approximately 1.6 million square feet of development. The plan includes 15 sites for research-oriented buildings, an Interpretive Center that will showcase the site’s archaeological significance, and a potential hotel and conference center complex to support campus activities. Site infrastructure work began in late spring 2010, and construction on the first building, the UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, will commence in late summer 2011.