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For almost a century, the University of Memphis has been a catalyst for progress in the city of Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the surrounding Mid-South region. From its inception as a normal school dedicated to the education of public school teachers, to its role today as an educator of technologically-savvy graduates who face a complex world, the University of Memphis has always fulfilled its current mission while looking forward to and planning for its future. Exceptional students from Tennessee, from every other state in the nation and from almost 100 countries around the world choose to attend the University of Memphis. They come here on the recommendation of their major professors at European universities; they come here to study subjects that are offered nowhere else; they come to study alongside men and women who are recognized and respected throughout the academic and scientific communities as foremost in their fields.
University Center
PRESIDENT Dr. Shirley C. Raines FOUNDED
1912 as West Tennessee State
Normal School
CAMPUS SIZE 1,160 acres and 202 buildings at eight sites
OPERATING
BUDGET $344 million
LOCAL ECONOMIC
IMPACT $1.43 billion
ENROLLMENT -
FALL 2010 Total: 22,421 Undergraduate: 17,510 Graduate: 4,911 Law School: 417
Full-Time: 69% Part-Time: 31% Men: 38% Women: 62%
WORKFORCE Approximately 2,500 employees
Dreamers. Thinkers. Doers.
including 930 full-time faculty
V. Lane Rawlins Service Court 2011 Memphis Football Experience
Ned R. McWherter Library