The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a fully accredited institution with the distinct academic divisions. Each division is dedicated to teaching, research, and service. The University now has all the advantages of a small campus and the resources of a large state system. Faculty Faculty members teaching in the Graduate School have prestigious backgrounds in teaching and research. Through extensive interaction, they seek to extend their graduate students' commitment to their professional disciplines.
Faculty serve as advisors to regional and national agencies and associations.
Currently, faculty involve students in conducting public surveys, analyzing ancient American art, devising computerized machinery for rehabilitative patients, visiting European industries, writing technical proposals, and a host of other activities designed to combine theory and practice. Students UTC graduate students are serious about their academic work. A diverse body of approximately 1400 students representing 15 states and 20 foreign countries, many are employed full time in the Chattanooga metropolitan region. An increasing number attend from countries as distant as Thailand, Taiwan, France, India, China, Uruguay, and Korea. UTC graduate students seek advanced study to prepare themselves both for the demands of professional work in an increasingly technological society and for advanced study at the doctoral level.