School Details
When the Methodist Episcopal Church began to explore the possibilities of developing a central university in the South, Chattanoogans came forward to work with the church in this effort. Founded as Chattanooga University in 1886, the University was a private school for 83 years. Three years after its founding, the University was consolidated with another church-related school, East Tennessee Wesleyan University at Athens, under the name of Grant University. In 1907 the name University of Chattanooga was adopted. In 1969 the University of Chattanooga and a junior college, Chattanooga City College, merged with the University of Tennessee, one of the oldest land-grant universities in the nation, to form the UTC campus.
UTC is a comprehensive research university, awarding undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates from the following colleges and schools:
- College of Arts & Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Engineering & Computer Science
- College of Health, Education & Professional Studies
- The Graduate School
- Honors College
Accreditation & Licensing
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges