A Plan for the New Century

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state’s flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, it is committed to excellence in learning, scholarship, and engagement with society. In all its activities, the university aims to advance the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate society.

The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy, and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility.

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

	Ready for the World The University of Tennessee has embarked on an ambitious plan to help students gain the international and intercultural knowledge they need to succeed in today's world. Click here for Special Project Proposals. Read UT's Quality Enhancement Plan »
	Life of the Mind All first-year students at the University of Tennessee will be discussing Laila Lalami’s Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits during fall Welcome Week.
	The Baker Center for Public Policy The mission of the Baker Center is to develop programs and promote research to further the public's knowledge of our system of governance, and also to highlight the critical importance of public service.