The University of Memphis has five Centers of Excellence dedicated to scholarship and research in education, Egyptian art and archaeology, psychology, earthquake science and speech and hearing. The University has 24 Chairs of Excellence, more than any other single campus in the state. The Chairs of Excellence are occupied by leading scholars in fields ranging from molecular biology and biomedical engineering to accountancy, nursing, law, art history and urban journals. The University of Memphis awards more than 100 doctoral degrees each year in 18 disciplines. In addition, the University offers master's degree programs in 54 major areas.
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Library collections contain more than 13 million items, which include monographs, preiodical volumes, federal and state documents, maps and manuscripts. Holdings include nearly 3.1 million microformat materials and more than a million bound volumes. The University of Memphis School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology is not only one of the nation's leading institutions of graduate education in the field, but also plays an important role in treating speech and language disorders in the Memphis community. An award from the U.S. Department of Education to The University of Memphis and Southern Illinois University led to the establishment of a joint Center for International Business Education and Research, one of only 18 such centers in the United States. Students at The University of Memphis come from almost every state and more than 80 foreign countries.