About University of Tennessee, Knoxville:

The University of Tennessee (also referred to as The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, UT Knoxville, UTK, or UT) is a public sun- and land-grant university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, with nine undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges. 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 (100 ha) 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, which is one of two Level I trauma centers in East Tennessee.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 141 215 232 218 232 213 193 198 204 216 232 228 207 167 198 172 236

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture 82 66 89 74 108 78 62 69 83 92 95 135 107 107 107 123
Engineering 112 114 105 120 121 119 128 115 136 131 112 89 73 83 105 51
Life Sciences - - 287 - 283 290 286 - - 351-400 351-400 351-400 301-350 291 351-400 351-400
Medicine - - - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 401-450 401-450 - - -
Natural Sciences 145 157 121 123 122 103 104 106 123 147 134 104 93 98 142 130
Social Sciences 124 217 172 181 158 145 175 200 188 190 205 180 172 207 209 250

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences 132 108 101 107 97 100 120 128 246 142 95 109 104
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 256 239 - 198 243
Chemistry 192 181 155 162 173 176 199 172 135 92 98 122 67
Chemical Engineering 144 144 146 192 169 188 117 90 77 92 113 127 32
Civil Engineering 213 166 165 160 146 145 165 103 124 141 139 95 52
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 451-500 - -
Computer Science 140 261 193 174 161 174 244 264 227 230 266 351-400 148
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 104 99 - 140 198
Electrical Engineering 152 136 169 172 132 132 172 183 168 152 193 206 72
Environment / Ecology 75 63 86 87 91 99 124 120 129 130 - 147 191
Geosciences 215 212 205 222 233 234 262 285 283 228 - 273 272
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 99 106 105 117 91 82 96 83 61 54 66 72 32
Mathematics - 276 - 238 170 293 222 222 272 230 254 351-400 155
Mechanical Engineering 131 171 189 220 186 189 232 279 285 218 194 149 65
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 110 98 - - 151
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500 451-500 401-450 - -
Physics 95 81 80 82 70 85 98 99 67 67 72 84 73
Plant & Animal Science 77 113 78 66 69 62 67 68 108 87 86 82 94
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 294 - - 301-350 -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 214 214 258 267 289
Space Science - - - - - - - - 254 237 - 293 254
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 119 142 87
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 204 209 90
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -