The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. UT is home to more than 38,000 students—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. The university offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, UT has a footprint that spans the entire state with the Space Institute in Tullahoma and Institute of Agriculture Extension offices in all 95 counties. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.