Quick Facts

Campus

Located in Knoxville

910 Acres

294 Buildings

$1 billion + in projects under design and construction

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

Students (Fall 2021)

31,701 Students (25,067 undergraduate and 6,634 graduate and professional)

17 to 1 Student-to-faculty ratio

Academics

11 Colleges

900+ Programs of study

370 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

The Volunteers Nickname

23 Team national championships

197 Total SEC championship team titles

Economy

$1.7 billion Annual impact on the Tennessee economy

Faculty and Staff

1,586 Full-time instructional faculty

15 UT-ORNL Governor’s Chairs