University of Tennessee--Martin

Students who attend the University of Tennessee at Martin experience high-quality academic programs, excellent facilities and outstanding faculty members. Almost 8,000 students enrolled for the 2011 fall semester.
UT Martin offers baccalaureate degrees, majors, concentrations and options in more than 100 specialized fields. Academic majors are offered within natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine and performing arts, computer science, nursing, agriculture, teacher education, business administration and engineering.
Teaching in these academic areas are faculty members recognized by professional organizations and others as some of the top educators in Tennessee and the nation. Many academic majors provide hands-on learning experiences and opportunities for students to pursue. Besides traditional classroom education, UT Martin is also home to UT Online, the University of Tennessee's online undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Among online degree program offerings are the Online Bachelor of University Studies (B.U.S.) Degree for working adults, a bachelor of business administration in management degree and an online agricultural business degree. A new area of study in online teaching will begin in 2012 through the Master of Science in education.
Beyond the main campus, extended-campus teaching centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley and Selmer, plus dual-enrollment course offerings to Tennessee high school students, provide broad access to UT Martin academic programs. International Programs, with one of the region's best intensive English programs, attracts students from 20 countries.
UT Martin sets a high standard for leadership development and education. The university's WestStar Leadership Program, with 617 alumni, offers extended training to business, education and government leaders from the 21-county West Tennessee area. The campus is a national partner for the American Democracy Project for the development of civic and political engagement among students and is developing a model program involving the Tennessee Campus Compact for student service within the University of Tennessee. The Carnegie Foundation selected UT Martin for the 2010 Community Engagement Classification.
Recognized for being among the safest public university campuses in Tennessee, the main campus provides a 'total collegiate experience' in a traditional university setting. Campus facilities include 48 academic and support buildings. University Village, a 400-bed campus apartment complex, opened fall semester 2005, while the second phase of University Village housing opened fall 2008. A Brehm Hall expansion opened in fall 2009, a new 96,000-square-foot Student Recreation Center opened in spring 2010, and a major expansion is under way for the Fine Arts Building. Next to the 250-acre main campus, 680 acres of agricultural land serve as a research and demonstration operation.
The university competes in NCAA Division I in both men's and women's athletics and is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. The Skyhawk women's tennis team won its fifth Ohio Valley Conference championship in spring 2011, while the Skyhawk soccer team claimed its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship in fall 2011 and made its first appearance in the NCAA women's soccer tournament. The Skyhawk women's basketball team earned its first Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title since 1999 by finishing first in the 2011-12 league standings. The team also won the 2012 OVC basketball tournament championship and second consecutive automatic berth in the NCAA women's basketball tournament.
The UT Martin rodeo team, the only collegiate rodeo team in Tennessee, is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. The women's rodeo team captured the Ozark Region title in spring 2011, while the men finished second. Both teams advanced in June 2011 to the College National Finals Rodeo.