The University Of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
University Website: www.utk.edu/Apply Online: vip.utk.edu/
The University of Tennessee (also referred to as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, UT Knoxville, UT, or UTK) is a public sun-grant and land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges and hosts almost 28,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2012 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 101st among all national universities and 46th among public institutions of higher learning. Six alumni have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. James M. Buchanan, M.S. '41, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. UT's ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the UT-Battelle partnership, allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students.
Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres (1.0 km2) of nearby Oak Ridge and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, it is one of two Level I trauma centers in the East Tennessee region. As a teaching hospital, it has aggressive medical research programs.
The University of Tennessee is the only university in the nation to have three presidential papers editing projects and holds collections of the papers of all three U.S. presidents from Tennessee—Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson.
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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville College Scholarships
NRF Foundation University ChallengeNational Retail Foundation |
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award Up to $30,000 |
deadline October 09, 2024 |
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ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate ScholarshipAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
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award $10,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Manning Scholars ScholarshipUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville - Honors Program |
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award $7,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Neyland ScholarshipUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville |
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award $7,000 |
deadline November 01, 2024 |
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Tennessee Scholars ScholarshipUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville - Honors Program |
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award $5,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Manning ScholarshipUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville |
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award $5,000 |
deadline November 01, 2024 |
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Fred M. Roddy Merit ScholarshipUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville |
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award $5,000 |
deadline November 01, 2024 |
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Chancellor’s Scholarship - University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville |
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award $5,000 |
deadline November 01, 2024 |
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Bonham ScholarshipUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville |
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award $5,000 |
deadline November 01, 2024 |
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Volunteer Scholarship - University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville |
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award Up to $18,000 |
deadline December 15, 2024 |