About the College
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MISSION STATEMENT
Approved by the UT Board of Trustees on 18 June 2003; reaffirmed on 3 March 2004
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE VISION STATEMENT:
The University intends to be the preeminent public research and teaching university linking the people of Tennessee to the nation and the world.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MISSION STATEMENT:
As the state's flagship comprehensive research institution, the University of Tennessee's primary purpose is to move forward the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate society. The mission of the University of Tennessee is to:
Advance the community of learning by engaging in scientific research, humanistic scholarship, and artistic creation;
Provide a high quality educational experience to undergraduate students in a diverse learning environment--promoting the values and institutions of democracy that prepare students to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility in a global society;
Prepare the next generations of skilled and ethical professionals by providing excellent graduate and professional education that prepares graduates to compete in a diverse world market;
Promote a campus environment that welcomes and honors women and men of all races, creeds, and cultures and an atmosphere that values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity;
Conduct research, teaching, and outreach to improve human and animal medicine and health;
Contribute to improving the quality of life, increasing agricultural productivity, protecting the environment, promoting the well-being of families, and conserving natural resources;
Offer a wide variety of off-campus educational and training programs, including the use of information technologies, to individual and groups;
Partner with communities to provide educational, technical and cultural support to increase the livability of those communities; and
Partner with industry and government to improve the quality of the workplace and to serve as an engine for economic and cultural development.
KNOXVILLE CAMPUS
The Knoxville campus serves the state, nation, and international community through a broad spectrum of undergraduate and graduate studies, research and creative activity, and public service and outreach.
Faculty members are skilled teachers and scholars who encourage full student participation in the intellectual life that such a faculty makes possible. The total campus enrollment of about 25,000 is an appropriate mix of undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.
Undergraduate students are admitted competitively, and each first-year class comprises the best-prepared students from Tennessee and around the world. Articulation agreements with Tennessee community colleges insure that transfer students enroll properly. All undergraduate curricula encourage creative thought, ethical behavior, respect for diversity, and intellectual development.
Graduate and professional degrees are offered in the colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Architecture and Design; Arts & Sciences; Business Administration; Communication and Information; Education, Health & Human Sciences; Engineering; Law; Nursing; Social Work; and Veterinary Medicine. Endowed faculty chairs, research Centers of Excellence, and the alliance with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory create graduate and professional scholarship opportunities unique to the Knoxville campus.
The campus environment promotes student success: advisement and academic support enhance student development; student government, leadership, and cultural programming encourage extracurricular growth. Students and faculty have access to the most current library and information technology resources.
HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
The Health Science Center aims to improve human health-through education, research, and public service. The Memphis campus includes colleges with disciplines in Allied Health, Health Science Engineering, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Patient care, professional education, and research also are carried out at hospitals and clinical sites across Tennessee.
Endowed professorships, Research Centers of Excellence, and continuing relationships with Memphis-area health care facilities like St. Jude's ensure that both basic science and applied clinical research stay focused on contemporary health topics. Non-clinical healthcare policy studies and related Public Health issues also are important to campus researchers.
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE
The Institute of Agriculture provides instruction, research, and veterinary clinical and extension services to serve the needs of students, clients, farmers, families and other citizens-in Tennessee and around the world.
Undergraduate, graduate and professional classroom instruction takes place in Knoxville in the facilities of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the College of Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary clinical services are offered in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Knoxville and in selected counties throughout Tennessee. Extension services are offered in every Tennessee county. Basic and applied research is conducted in Knoxville and at Research Stations statewide. The Institute's statewide presence improves the quality of life, enhances well-being of livestock, pets and wildlife, increases agricultural productivity and income, protects the environment, promotes the economic well-being of families, and conserves natural resources.
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
The Institute for Public Service serves Tennesseans by linking University expertise with community and workplace needs. The Municipal Technical Advisory Service and County Technical Assistance Service provide technical and managerial assistance and training for city, town, and county governments across the state. The Center for Industrial Services, using the expertise of faculty and staff, helps keep Tennessee's manufacturing sector efficient and productive. The Law Enforcement Innovation Center promotes innovation in state and local police agencies across the U.S. in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and faculty. Overall, the institute promotes economic development throughout the state by helping increase quality, improve revenues, reduce costs, and create jobs.
SPACE INSTITUTE
The Space Institute located in Tullahoma serves the region, state and beyond through interdisciplinary research, technology transfer and graduate education in selected areas of engineering and sciences.
Funded research is emphasized in areas of advanced technology with potential for economic growth of the region and the state. Focus research areas include propulsion, hypersonics, clean energy/transportation, biophysics, computational modeling and simulation in addition to other areas of aeronautics and space. Graduate degree programs are offered through UT, Knoxville in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering /Engineering Management, Engineering Science, Aviation Systems, Physics and Mathematics. Some of these programs are available to students in industry and military installations by distance education technologies. UTSI has active cooperative relationships with Governmental facilities such as the Arnold Engineering Development Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other regional universities.
Go to the College of Veterinary Medicine's Mission Statement
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