UTK is one of the oldest public universities in the country. It originally opened in 1794 and had three different names before becoming the University of Tennessee in 1879. UT Knoxville currently enrolls over 27,000 students, including approximately 1,000 foreign students. Forty percent of UTK’s 21,000 undergraduate students live on campus. UT Knoxville offers over 300-degree programs and the student to faculty ratio is 15:1.



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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States20,000+ on Campus250,000+ residents in KnoxvilleLanguage(s) spoken on campus: EnglishThe University of Tennessee is located in Knoxville, which is Tennessee’s third-largest city. Its location in downtown Knoxville gives students the opportunity to easily participate in activities ranging from free outdoor concerts to farmer’s markets and festivals. Knoxville also offers sixty-five miles of greenway trails as well as rivers and lakes that make it easy to plan a day out hiking, biking, or kayaking. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which offers 800 miles of maintained trails and great site seeing, is also only a 45-minute drive from Knoxville.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Connect
https://www.facebook.com/UTKnoxville
https://twitter.com/UTKnoxville
https://www.instagram.com/utknoxville/
Terms
Fall Semester (August - December)
Calendar Year (January - December)
Academic Year (August - May)
Spring Semester (January - May)
Summer (June - August)