The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, UT Knoxville, UTK or UT was founded in 1794, UT is big on tradition, and we are proud of our humble beginnings as the first public university chartered west of the Appalachian Divide.
UT Knoxville — which includes the UT Space Institute — serves the state by educating its citizens, enhancing its culture, and making a difference in people’s lives through research and service. The university embody excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, outreach, and engagement. Improving undergraduate and graduate education, research, support for faculty and staff, our campus infrastructure, and our resources.
Service-learning is a course-based experiential learning strategy that engages students in meaningful and relevant service with a community partner while employing ongoing reflection to draw connections between the service and course content. When done well, service-learning has the potential to enhance academic learning, promote civic responsiveness, and strengthen communities.
The goal in Teaching & Learning Innovation is to assist faculty wishing to implement this type of pedagogy. Within a course through workshops and resources. Department is also home to the service-learning (S) course designation.
The primary mission of the University of Tennessee is to move forward the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate the citizens of the state of Tennessee, the nation, and the world. As the preeminent research-based land-grant university in the state, UT embodies the spirit of excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, outreach, and engagement attained by the nation’s finest public research institutions.
UT Knoxville is Tennessee’s flagship university and premier public research institution classified as producing very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education (Doctoral Universities R1 category). Since 1897, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been continuously accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)
Located in east Tennessee and just a short trolley ride from downtown Knoxville. UT Knoxville is on a 600 acres campus provided students with green space, nearby lakes and vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains. And home to America’s most-visited national park. Beyond its natural beauty, the campus offers state-of-the-art spaces for living and learning that foster collaboration and community. UT Knoxville, which includes the UT Space Institute, also is recognized for its commitment to discovery and innovation. As Tennessee’s premier public research institution and co-manager of Oak Ridge National Laboratory—the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest science and energy lab—students have unparalleled access to some of the world’s greatest scientific minds and facilities.
Student Life at the University of Tennessee has so much to offer every Volunteer. There are dozens of opportunities and resources to get the most out of your Volunteer experience. Everywhere you go on Rocky Top, you will see fellow Volunteers serving the community, getting involved on campus, and gaining the critical experience required for success beyond graduation.
School & Faculty
- Herbert College of Agriculture
- Architecture and Design
- Arts and Sciences
- Haslam College of Business
- Communication and Information
- Education, Health, and Human Sciences
- Tickle College of Engineering
- Law
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Veterinary Medicine (graduate only)
